Sound of Silence

I modified the arrangement of Paul Simon's Sound of Silence by Alexander l'Estrange to include strings and only female voices.
Recorded and edited April 2024
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
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"
Poem
“IF I MUST DIE”
BY REFAAT ALAREER
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze-
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself-
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
photo's
Yassin Mosque Adel Hana/AP Photo
Rafah Hatem Ali/AP Photo
All other film footage of the singing and instrumental parts belongs to Hebe de Champeaux.
I attest that all the vocal and instrumental parts were sung and played by me (Hebe de Champeaux, ie Iv de La)
I claim no rights to the song, arrangement, and two photos or quotes.
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Beautiful 😢 well done..

[@kathrinbrenner5221]

Hebe that is beautiful.

[@pomskylifenova7344]

Amazing. Well done ❤