America requires mutual respect from all sides our leaders have forfeited their duty to country, and instead have made their party and power their gods. I think we are headed for more destructive behavior, which may bring down our country. The Sound of Silence is symbolic of the distance between the so called Liberals and Conservatives. They elected a candidate that was not representing the establishment. The difference today is the media can not brainwash all of the people all of the time. But is it? Big money has always tried to rule the day. Insight and ignorance, darkness and light, love and hate, wisdom and stupidity. The human condition is the same bell shaped curve as it was in the sixties. However, as I have grown older I see what he meant. It used to annoy me because I disagreed with him. My Uncle Tony used to say there is nothing new under the sun. People writing songs that voices never shareĪnd the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light It represents the technology we have become obsessed with or addicted to - our mobile devices.And the vision that was planted in my brain “ To the neon god they made” - meaning new god. “ The flash of a neon light” - describing the usual lights (made from neon gas) that are often used for advertisement on streets. The term “neon” was used in two different contexts: It is an alert to an imminent danger that has been predicted in the past by people (prophets) who had a revelation of it.ħ. The situation depicted here as ‘sound of silence’ (as illustrated in #4), is already happening. This is a hint that was whispered to the dreamer which I assumed to be a prophecy of something that would happen to humanity (to us). “the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls” - What words of the prophets are written there? Which prophets was it referring to? “in the words that it was forming” - of course, the signs communicate in diverse ways to an observer. “the sign flashed out its warning” - definitely from the neon lights because neon lights display signs as well as adverts This equally presents several clues to unravel a deeper message: Verse 5 points to how people idolize technology, which we currently see in this age. He tried to raise his voice and to reach out to them to draw their attention to the situation but it never made any difference. ![]() In Verse 4, he tried to warn the people of what was happening to them and the dangers silence poses. Something strange caused silence in this era seen in his dream.ĥ. As people have become mute, there were no more voices to sing songs that were written. No one dared to raise a voice about the situation as they are all engulfed into something. Ii.) This Verse presented three categories of people he saw: people talking without listening people hearing without listening and people writing songs that voices never share. This really raises concerns and the dreamer/writer was disturbed at this sight. I see this happen every day while on the train, airport, streets, train station, bus, even at home, etc. Instead, are always on the phone or mobile device. I.) Prediction of a technology age (which we currently experience), where people hardly speak to each other. As we know it, neon lights convey information to passersby without making a sound - which caught the attention of the dreamer. Neon light which is usually used for advertisement on streets, to illuminate information to passersby.
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