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这首歌很抽象，一直到歌词“silence like a cancer grows ”之前，我对“the sound of silence”的理解都是正面的。想把“people talk without speaking,people hearing without listening ”人们无言交谈，无声倾听，理解成不需要过多的言语就可以交流的感觉。直到看到“cancer”这个词

hello darkness my old friend 黑暗，老朋友你好

I've come to talk with you again又一次向你倾诉

because a vision softly creeping有个幻影悄悄蔓延

left its seeds while I was sleeping 在我的梦中生根发芽

and a vision that was planted in my brian 还有个幻影已经植入我的脑海

still remains无法消散

within the sound of silence 缠绕在寂静之声中

in restless dreams I walked alone 在不安的梦境中我独自行走

narrow streets of cobblestone 狭小路径上铺满鹅卵石

Neath the halo of a streetlamp 在路灯的光环下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp 寒冷和潮湿中我竖起衣领

When my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light 霓虹灯闪烁 刺伤了我的双眼

that split the night 光芒划过夜空

and touched the sound of silence 现出沉默之声

and in the naked light I saw 光照之下，我看到

Ten thousand people，maybe more 成千上万的人，或许更多

people talking without speaking

people hearing without listening

people writing songs that voices never share

and no one dared

distured 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 sign said,the words of the prophets

are written on the subway walls

and tenement halls

and whispered in the sounds of silence