《The Sound of Silence》是由Paul Simon和Garfunkel（西蒙与加芬克尔）创作的一首歌曲，它在1967年作为美国电影《毕业生》的主题歌而广受欢迎。这首歌的创作背景与60年代美国的动荡时期密切相关。在这个时期，美国社会经历了种族歧视、民权运动、越南战争的沉重负担以及肯尼迪总统的遇刺等一系列事件。Paul Simon在1964年创作这首歌时，可能正是受到了这种社会氛围的影响，歌曲通过其歌词和旋律传达了一种孤独和无助的情感。
歌曲最初在1964年录制并收录在专辑《Wednesday Morning》中，但销量并不理想。后来，当Paul Simon和Garfunkel为电影《毕业生》创作音乐时，这首歌被重新编排并作为电影的一部分，从而获得了巨大的成功。《The Sound of Silence》的歌词充满了深刻的象征意义，反映了当时社会中人与人之间沟通的缺失和表面的交流，以及对更深层次人际联系的渴望。
Simon & Garfunkel的音乐风格清新纯净，他们被认为是现代历史上最重要的民谣先驱之一。《The Sound of Silence》的成功也标志着他们在音乐界地位的确立，成为他们最经典的歌曲之一。这首歌的旋律和歌词至今仍然触动着人们的心灵，被视为一首跨越时代的杰作。
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《The Sound of Silence》的歌词如下：
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night and touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows."
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach to you
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence.
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