Sound of Silence

"The Sound of Silence" is a song in the upcoming 2020 film, ''Eska. ''The song was originally performed by Disturbed, but in the movie, Jessica DiCicco, Josh Sussman, Dan Castellaneta, and Bret Iwan sing it. The lyrics were slightly modified to match the plot of the film.

Original Lyrics
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 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 sounds of silence

Film Lyrics
Eska: 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

Spiro: In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of gravel stone Mickey: 'Neath the light of dark ruins I turned my collar, and cold winds blew in Genie: When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night All Three: And touched the sound of silence

Eska: And in the naked light I saw (Spiro, Mickey, and Genie: Light I saw) Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking (Three: Without Speaking) People hearing without listening (Three: Without listening) People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence

Spiro: Suddenly ideas grow

Mickey: Like the roots of a red rose

Genie: How are these ideas so, so bright

It must be from that blinding neon light

Spiro: But the words that were lost were never, ever found

Until now

Three: They ventured through the sound of silence

Eska: And on the journey they embarked

To find that lost neon spark

But the neon spark was still moving

They found the glowing light soothing

And when they caught it, it was like rains of fire were coming down

Ideas were found

And they rid of the Sound (Three: The sound)

of Silence