What do they mean to you, what do you think they meant to Simon and Garfunkel when they wrote them?
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 signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
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2007-10-11 15:38:50 · 3 answers · asked by professional student 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Lyrics
People are praying to the neon gods... The multi national companies that advertise there products( Coke, Toshiba,Cannon, youve seen the ads on billboards)
they are becoming materialistic..
the Prophets are the common people that write GRAFITI on the subway walls...
maybe the subversive groups in a society that want to overthrow a government that is driven by the multinationals..
& there meetings are whispered in the back streets of the world...
BUT.. The bottom line is it means different things to different people... try researching Paul Simon & see what he was thinking when he wrote it....
2007-10-11 15:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by mn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means people in the inner city are praying at the store front church, but they still live in a crime infested life everyday. Silence is the only way that there is peace silence =death
2007-10-11 22:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire song is largely about people's inability to communicate with each other so they have to find other ways in which to convey their messages.
2007-10-12 00:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by RoVale 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋