http://www.inquisitr.com/141211/paul-simon-the-sound-of-silence-ground-zero/ At the recent memorial for 911 at ground zero Paul Simon was supposed to sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water.Instead he elected to sing 'Sounds of Silence".

"Fools",said I,"You do not know"
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I may teach you
Take my arms that I may 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 are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence.

'Bridge Over Troubled Water' is about hope but 'Sounds of Silence' is about our inability to communicate and grasp the reality.It was a very sombre Paul Simon that remembered the 10th Anniversary of 911.

Ommitted " Take my arms that I may reach you,"
Paul Simon wrote Sounds of Silence soon after the assassination of JFK.

With the instigation of the Patriot Act and the Wars of Imperialism in response to 911,Paul Simon it seems does not see a bright future unless we all have the courage to speak up.

Silence became a cancer in Nazi Germany which enabled the genocide of the Jews.Genocide is happening in Lybia right now.Over one Million Iraqis murdered under the protense of WMD's that did not exist.

The USA is now attacking Afghanistan,Pakistan,Lybia,Somalia,and look like going into Syria.They've been sabre rattling over Iran for years even though their own CIA say Iran is of no threat.

When will our silence end? We are are more concerned over gay marriage boat people or animal rights than stopping the expansion of the wars.

Silence became a cancer in Nazi Germany which enabled the genocide of the Jews.
Arjay,
Silence is the cancer in Labor Australia to annihilate common sense & decency.

Where Is The Love?"

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas

I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA fightin'
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah

Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates

Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate

Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin',
people dyin'

Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above

'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane

If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong

Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young

So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong

In this world that we livin'
in people keep on givin'in

Makin' wrong decisions,
only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover

The truth is kept secret,
it's swept under the rug

If you never know truth
then you never know love

Where's the love, y'all,
come on
(I don't know)

Where's the truth,
y'all,

come on
(I don't know)

Where's the love, y'all

People killin',
people dyin'

Children hurt and you hear them cryin'

Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above

'Cause people got me,
got me questionin'

Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder

Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction

Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema

Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity

That's the reason
why sometimes I'm feelin' under

That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under

Gotta keep my faith alive
till love is found

Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above

'Cause people got me, got me questionin'

Where is the love?

Sing wit me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)

One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world

And something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit it (Yeah)

Something's wrong wit the wo-wo-world, yeah

We only got
(One world, one world)

That's all we got
(One world, one world

Take a pinch of white man
Wrap him up in black skin
Add a touch of blue blood

And a little bitty bit of red indian boy
Oh like a curly latin kinkies

Oh lordy,..lordy,
mixed with yellow chinkees,..yeah

You know you lump it all together
And you got a recipe for a get along scene

Oh what a beautiful dream
If it could only come true,..you know,..you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough enough..big enough to take
The world..and all it's got

And keep it stirring for
A hundred years..or more
And turn out coffee coloured..people by the score

Rabbis and the friars
Vishnus and the gurus

We got the beatles or the sun god
Well it really doesn't matter
What religion you choose

And be thankful little mrs. graceful
You know that livin' could be tasteful

We should all get together in a lovin machine
I think I'll call up the queen

It' s only fair that she knows,
you know,

you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough enough enough to take
The world and all it's got

And keep it stirring for
A hundred years or more
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score

Coffee coloured people
Coffee coloured people
Coffee coloured people by the score

Don't know much about..history
Don't know much..biology

Don't know much..about a science book
Don't know much..about the french I took

But I do know that I love you
And I know that..if you love me too
What a wonderful world..this would be

Don't know much..about geography
Don't know..much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know..what a slide rule is for

But I do know that..one and one is two
And if this one..could be with you

What a wonderful world this would be

Now I don't claim to be an "A" student
But I'm trying to be

So maybe by being an "A" student baby
I can win your love for me

Don't know much about..history
Don't know much..blogery