這當然是完全不同的兩首歌，關連是在用紅色強調出來的幾句歌詞。「五四三音樂站」的站長馬世芳說「Simon & Garfunkel 那幾句歌詞被羅大佑改寫，羅大佑這樣寫一定有向 Simon & Garfunkel 致敬的意思。」我不知道這到底是羅大佑曾經自己這樣說過，還是是馬世芳自己認為的。

藝人：Simon & Garfunkel
專輯：Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
年份：1964
曲名：The Sound Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence (1964)
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left it's 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 deared
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 it's warning, (霓虹燈拼出警告的話語)
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets (先知的預言寫在地下道的牆上)
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

藝人：羅大佑
專輯：未來的主人翁
年份：1983
曲名：盲聾

羅大佑 - 盲聾 (1983)
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我知道你聽不到我的歌聲你也看不到這世界
也許你不了解有多少願意關懷你的人們
或許你早已適應了黑暗的生存
或許你不願接受同情的滋潤
來自庸俗的人

我知道他聽得到我的歌聲他也看得清這世界
可是昨日的信仰已變成了過去狂熱猶存的餘溫
人們歡聚在鬧市裡喧囂的霓虹燈
破落的庭院的主人也成了回憶中
我們遺忘的人

有人因為失去了生命而得到了不滅的永恆
有人為了生存而出賣了他們可貴的靈魂
心中深處的天平上你的欲望與真理在鬥爭
曾經一度自許聰明的你
是個迷惑的人

哩........
銅板的正面說這世界是清晨
銅板的反面說這世界是黃昏
聽...我的歌聲

地下道的牆上問著今天誰是盲聾
算命的老者受到無知人們過度的恩寵
空中傳來先知的話　他是否進入你耳中
潮汐與蟬聲傳來的訊息
一片朦朧