{"id":78696,"date":"2020-11-16T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=78696"},"modified":"2020-11-19T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T02:10:08","slug":"the-sound-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/16\/the-sound-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: The Sound of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On our podcast Slack channel we were sharing our favourite reimagined classics. This was my favourite&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9Dg-g7t2l4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Hello darkness, my old friend<br>I&#8217;ve come to talk with you again<br>Because a vision softly creeping<br>Left its seeds while I was sleeping<br>And the vision that was planted in my brain<br>Still remains<br>Within the sound of silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In restless dreams I walked alone<br>Narrow streets of cobblestone<br>&#8216;Neath the halo of a street lamp<br>I turned my collar to the cold and damp<br>When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light<br>That split the night<br>And touched the sound of silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">And in the naked light I saw<br>Ten thousand people, maybe more<br>People talking without speaking<br>People hearing without listening<br>People writing songs that voices never share<br>And no one dared<br>Disturb the sound of silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Fools&#8221; said I, &#8220;You do not know<br>Silence like a cancer grows<br>Hear my words that I might teach you<br>Take my arms that I might reach you&#8221;<br>But my words like silent raindrops fell<br>And echoed in the wells of silence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Within the sound of silence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our podcast Slack channel we were sharing our favourite reimagined classics. This was my favourite&#8230; Hello darkness, my old friendI&#8217;ve come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remainsWithin the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked aloneNarrow streets of cobblestone&#8216;Neath the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78720,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78696\/revisions\/78720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}