Disturbed

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In April 2016, Paul Simon endorsed this cover version. He sent lead vocalist David Draiman an email praising Disturbed's performance of the rendition on late-night talk show Conan. Simon wrote: “Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I’d seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks.” Draiman responded, “Mr. Simon, I am honored beyond words. We only hoped to pay homage and honor to the brilliance of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Your compliment means the world to me/us and we are eternally grateful.”

Art Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as "the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other."

I think this is true. I experience a profound sense of loneliness and a feeling of chronic emptiness. Yet it is so difficult to articulate, so hard to identify what I really need.

 

You are welcome. It was written and recorded before I was born by Simon & Garfunkel. This version is a folk classic!

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
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

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"​

 

Awwwwwww *smiles*

Oh IGY Emptiness and loneliness are so draining, so abrasive to the human heart. I have gone through patches of emptiness and purposelessness and when you are in them, it feels like you can't get out or escape. But there is a way out, you will find it if you persevere. These two scriptures speak for themselves, I hope they encourage you, at least a bit.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Rom. 15:13

 

"Why the hell is everybody feeling so lonely here?" Well, because this is the Loneliness forum. Don't be such a bad ass!

The descriptor for this forum reads: Dealing with virginity, involuntary "hard mode" rebooting, or generally a subcommunity devoted to dealing with the loneliness involved with being celibate not-by-choice. For people who WANT to have sex and a relationship, but have had these things elude them.

Does it not make any sense to you that those who have dreadful feelings of loneliness for these reasons, need to know that others feel or have felt those same emotions? That, in itself, is a comfort and a bulwark against even greater isolation. So, do not disparage those that have empathy and are willing to express it. If you really want to be a positive force, come up with something pragmatic bad ass. Do not simply pose a question which makes everyone feel guilty for how they feel!

 

This is easier said than done.. at least for me.

 

OK @badassreturns, fair enough.

 

I know.

 

IGI I believe in you!