Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Sounds Of Silence that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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'Fools' said I, 'You do not know
Silence like a camisole.'
'Fools' said I, 'You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.'
'Fools' said I, 'You do not know
Silence like a casserole.'
'Fools' said I, 'You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.'
And in the lake at night I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked lad I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked land I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand naked people at my door.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people making war.
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And in the vacant lot I saw
And in the naked light I saw
And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon god LeMay
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made
And the pigeon that was planted in my brain
Still remains.
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains.
And the sign flashed its t**s for me.
And the sign flashed out its warning.
And the sign said: 'The nerds of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And restroom stalls
And echoed in the sound of silence.'
And the sign said: 'The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And echoed in the sound of silence.'
And then a naked dinosaur
A thousand feet or maybe more.
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
And then a naked dinosaur
With thousand people, maybe more.
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
Because it isn't so flea-creeping
Because a vision softly creeping
Had a vision, there were planets in my brain.
And the vision that was planted in my brain.
Hear my words but I'm an anti-Jew
Take my arms but I'm an anti-Jew
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
Hear my words my Auntie Jude
Take my arms around my hairy Jew
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you
Hear my words that I might preach you
Take my arms that I'm an angry Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Hear my words that I'm an angry Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Hear my words that I'm an angry Jew
Take my arms that I'm an angry Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Hear my words that I'm an anti-Jew
Take my arms that I'm a hairy Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Hear my words that I'm not anti-Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Hear my words, I am a Mighty Jew.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Hello Doctor Smile 'n' frown.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
Hello Doctor Smile Friend
I've come to walk with you again
Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Hello Douglas, my old friend.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
Hello Douglas, my wolfman.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
Hello Dr. Smilefriend,
I've come to talk with you again
Hello darkness my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again
Hello Tortoise my old friend
Hello darkness my old friend
Hello cockroach, my old friend
You've come to gross me out again.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I walked into this wall again.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk to you again.
Hello darkness, smile a friend
I come to talk with you again
Because your vision softly decreaping
Left tis seat while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
With in the sound of silence
And resteless dreams I walked away
Now the streets are coming strong
We fought halo at the eastern street vale
I turned my car into the coldest train
When my eyes where stayed by the flash of an ion light
Split the night
And thuched the sound of silence.
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.
Hello, Darkness, smile friend
Hello, Darkness, my old friend
Hello, Dr. Watson, my old friend.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
I am Sheol, dead in my arbor
I am shielded in my armor
I have a hard time believing some of these "misheard" lyrics.
I turn my collar to the Boulder Dam.
I turn my collar to the cold and damp.
I turned my collar to the golden dam.
I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
I turned my power to the golden dale.
I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
In my head is soft beads of cheese.
Because a vision softly creeping.
In restless dreams I wore cologne
In restless dreams I walked alone
In the naked lad I saw.
In the naked light I saw.
Meryl Streep's a cobblestone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Silence like a Tensor grows
Silence like a cancer grows
Silence like a casserole
Silence like a cancer grows
Silence like a ketchup roll.
Silence like a cancer grows.
Silence like an Astrodome
Silence like a cancer grows
Silent night I can't ignore.
Silence like a cancer grows.
Take my alms as I'm Anti-Jew.
Take my arms that I might reach you.
This obviously wasn't the lyric, since Simon and Garfunkel are both of Jewish descent.
Take my arm, I'm an angry Jew.
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Take my arms and I'm a hairy Jew.
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Take my arms and I'm an ivory Jew.
Take my arms that I might reach you.
Tell me more.
And tenement halls
The sound of Simon
The sound of silence
Town lit halls
Tenement halls
And echoed in the sounds of Simon
And echoed in the sounds of silence
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the worlds of silence
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
People talking without speaking
People hearing without whistling
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
Take my words that have my Aunty June
Take my arms that have my every June.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you
Television there was plenty in my drain still remains
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains.
seems that he tried to flush down big-sized rubbish down the drain
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Tell me more
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls