If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude.
It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.
I’ve added this song to my playlist as I’ve been listening it to it endlessly throughout the soul wrenching holidays.
The original version, berift of emotion, doesn’t make me cry.
This one does.
My session yesterday went a long way to restoring my faith that not all men are destined to disappoint.
Still, these are my feelings …
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 turn 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 shared
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 sound of silence…..
All of that song, every word.
jaa xx
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My knee-jerk reaction to: “If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” was no…you’re wrong.
I’m a loner and I do enjoy solitude. But before I barely had time to state that reaction, I retracted my initial thought.
I am a loner and I do enjoy solitude, but you are right it is because I don’t blend well into the world. I think that is one of the reasons why I very much appreciate your writing.
People tell me I blend well, but inside, it doesn’t work…it does with one or two people for the most part, but with the rest it takes effort and the return on such effort just isn’t worth it for me.
You are also right about the power of Nouela’s version of one of my favorite songs.
Not all of us “fit in” , starts early in school and never remedies itself.