The Sound of Silence

Ever since I first heard the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel, it has since then been my favorite song. By now you are probably wondering where I am going with this. The more I heard the song and learned the words, the more they took on a new meaning for me. Escpecially the third verse, which I have put in bold.

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 deared
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 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 signs said, The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.


I now look at it, and its describes how some Christian are today. We will talk to people about the Love of God, and what He did for all of man, but we are not really speaking to their souls, and grabbing a hold of them. We hear God speak, but we don't really listen to Him and allow Him to minister to us, so that He can minister through us. And deep down, our heart and souls are screaming out a love song to God but we sometimes get too scared to sing it out to God and let people can hear. We get too scared about humiliation, judgement, etc. Because we enjoy the sound of silence too much.

I, too, am guilty of this. But the silence is too loud for me.

What about you?