Wann Ois Stü Is (Sounds of Silence)
(Simon & Garfunkel / Arr. & German Lyrics: Ko-Do 2008/2014/2018/2020)
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Es is wieder an der Zeit
Fia an klaan Plausch mit der Dunkelheit
Weul irgendwas is in mein Schedl drin
Und des kriag i nimmer ausn Sinn
Wie a Traam, von dem i nur waaß, es is schee
Nur zum verstehn
Wann ummadum ois stü is

Drum geh i in der Nacht spaziern
Schau net, wohi de Strassn fian
Amoi, da hab i grad in Kragn aufgstöt
Weul mi de Feichtn und de Kötn quölt
Da fahrt a Neon-Licht wie a Blitz durch de schwarze Nacht
Und i hab 'dacht
Warum's ummadum so stü is

Im koitn Liacht hab i's dann gsehn
Tausende Menschen durtn stehn
De ham gred't aber ma hat nix gheart
Ham net zuaghuacht und ham trotzdem gheart
De ham Liada gschriebn, de was niemals aaner singt
Aber ma waaß wie's klingt
Wann ummadum ois stü is

Macht's doch an Wirbel, hab i gschrian
Wohin soll denn des alles fian ?
Huachts ma zua, dann kann i eich was sagn
Nehmts mei Hand, i kann eich weitertragn
Aber mei ganzes Gschraa war net mehr ois a leiser Regn
Und nix is gschegn
Damit ois stü is

De Leut ham bet' und ham sie gfiacht
Vuam söbagmachtn Neon-Liacht
Und es strahlt überoi a Zeichen hin
Wie a Warnung, wie an neichen Sinn
Und des Zeichen sagt, die Zukunft steht scho längst
in jeder U-Bahn-Station an der Wand
Im ganzen Land
Aber hearn kamma's nur wann ois stü is
 
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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
And no one dare
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 signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whisperd in the sounds of silence



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