# Hello darkness, my old friend **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773 "2002-05-25T07:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/1 "2002-05-25T07:03:05Z")
I’ve come to talk with you again… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/2 "2002-05-25T08:04:48Z")
what the hell… “Because a vision softly creeping, Left it’s seeds while I was sleeping” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/3 "2002-05-25T08:05:23Z")
what the hell… “Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping” ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/4 "2002-05-25T10:01:15Z")
and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains within the sound of silence. **Goo** are you depressed? **:`(** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/5 "2002-05-25T11:25:16Z")
Is it recurring, does it happen every, say, 24 hours or so?? 😛 Cheer up **Goo**. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/6 "2002-05-25T11:37:34Z")
“In restless dreams I walked alone, Narrow streets of cobbleston. 'Neath the halo of a streelamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp” I don’t consider this a depressing/I’m depressed song. Bittersweet, yes, but more thoughtful. What’s scary is that I’m doing this from memory… ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/7 "2002-05-25T18:02:37Z")
I am a rock, I am an iiiiiiiiiiiiiiisland! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/8 "2002-05-25T18:36:10Z")
Oh, what the heck… A winter’s day In a deep and dark December I am alone… ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/9 "2002-05-25T18:53:31Z")
I am just a poor boy. Though my story’s seldom told, I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles, Such are promises All lies and jest Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/10 "2002-05-25T19:07:14Z")
“…gazing through the window To the streets below, On a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island…” Now _that’s_ a depressing song! “When I left my home and family, I was no more than a boy In the quiet of the railway station Running scared” ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/11 "2002-05-25T20:39:43Z")
What the–?! Sing-A-Long threads are back??? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/12 "2002-05-25T22:22:56Z")
In the clearing stands the boxer and a fighter by his trade and he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down AND CUT HIM till he cried out in his anger and his shame I AM LEAVING I AM LEAVING but the fighter still remains… ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/13 "2002-05-25T23:30:44Z")
**käse & The Big Cheese** No, not depressed at all. I just love Simon and Garfunkel, especially Sounds of Silence and The Boxer and was just in the mood to sing 🙂 Sorry if I gave the impression of sadness. I never considered this song as depressing… Lai-lai-lai Lai-lai-lai - lai-lai-lai-lai Lai-lai-lai 😉 And the words… Like silent raindrops fell. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/14 "2002-05-26T00:24:51Z")
Not to depress you then, but Joltin’ Joe has left and gone away. hey, hey, hey. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/15 "2002-05-26T00:29:30Z")
Slow down, you move too fast. You’ve got to make the morning last. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/16 "2002-05-26T00:33:47Z")
Wish I was an english muffin ‘bout to make the most out of a toaster I’d ease myself down comin’ up brown I prefer boysenberry more than any other jam I’m a “Citizens for Boysenberry Jam” fan ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/17 "2002-05-26T00:49:07Z")
And as I watch the drops of rain Weave their weary paths and die I know that I am like the rain There but for the grace of you go I. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/18 "2002-05-26T01:21:08Z")
“Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera.” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/19 "2002-05-26T01:27:26Z")
" ‘Cathy, I’m lost,’ I said, though I knew she was sleeping, ‘I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why.’ " ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/110773/20 "2002-05-26T01:52:15Z")
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