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The Sound of Silence

from The Sound of Silence by Renée Yoxon

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Ash Hardell originally commissioned this cover for their video Trans Kids: Growing Up or Groomed? (When I was called a Predator…) which you can watch here: youtu.be/zFr11u9ydPw

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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 shared
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 you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

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from The Sound of Silence, released June 12, 2023
Music and Lyrics: Paul Simon
Piano and vocals: Renée Yoxon

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Renée Yoxon Montreal, Québec

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Non-binary and disabled singer, songwriter, and teacher from Montreal, Canada.

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