![]() ![]() They can also be used to make a request, to ask permission, or to make a suggestion. Might and may are used mainly to talk about possibility. His imploring of the people suggests his desperation to correct them of their iniquity ( 'I might teach you'), to show them of their ways and have his words resonate within them ( 'I might reach you'). MIGHT= /maɪt/ Used to express possibility or probability. The final line of the verse ends with the word 'silence', but no corresponding rhyming line, creating a beat of actual silence in its absence. For example, the first verse of the song contains end rhyme through the words 'friend' and 'again', 'creeping' and 'sleeping' and 'brain' and 'remains'. In this song, the composer uses end rhyme, a type of rhyme that occurs when lines end with the same sound. Rhyme is the use of similar sounds in this case 'know' and 'grows'. ![]() SILENCE LIKE A CANCER GROWS= This is a poetic license, to create unity within the song. It's worth a few pounds, I dare say, but no more.ĭISTURB= To break up or destroy the tranquility, order, or settled state of. You say I dare say or I daresay to show that you think that something is probably true. If you dare someone to do something, you challenge them to prove that they are not frightened of doing it. In other kinds of negative sentence, you can use an infinitive with or without to after dare. Dare not is always followed by an infinitive without to. In formal writing, you can say that someone dares not do something. After did not dare and didn't dare you can use an infinitive with or without to. If you are talking about the past, you say that someone did not dare do something or didn't dare do something. Don't say, for example, 'I daren't to ring Jeremy again'. ![]() You must use an infinitive without to after daren't and dare not. American English uses the full form dare not instead. In American English, the contraction 'daren't' is not used. If someone daren't do something, they don't have enough courage to do it. In this meaning, dare is often used in negative sentences and questions. You use dare on its own, or with an infinitive with or without to. If you dare to do something, you have the courage to do it. HEARING WITHOUT LISTENING= People are unable to interpret or view conversations with any significance or understanding, and treats their interactions as mere routine.ĭARE= To be courageous or bold enough to do or try something. They could not convey any meaning or emotion. TALKING WITHOUT SPEAKING= A paradox to imply that the people's relationships and conversations are so superficial and limited that they fail to have any connection or deeper interaction. In this case, the eyes were suddenly penetrated by the flash of a neon light. STAB= /stæb/To cause to penetrate with force. Something suggesting such a light or shape.ĭAMP= Moisture, slight wetness humidity. ![]() NEATH= /ni:θ/ Archaic short for 'beneath'. Not wide.ĬOBBLESTONE= A paving stone, especially one that is naturally rounded paving of smooth round stones. NARROW= /'nærəʊ/ Small in breadth, esp in comparison to length. RESTLESS= /'restlɪs/ Characterized by a lack of quiet, repose, or rest. On a literal level the idea seems impossible, but there is truth in the contradiction. THE SOUND OF SILENCE= It is a paradox, a statement of apparent contradiction. WITHIN= In the inner part or parts of inside. He could still realize the vision, but had no words to express it. STILL REMAINS= To continue in the same state or condition. He said that when he was sleeping a vision left its seeds and it was deeply rooted in his brain. PLANTED IN MY BRAIN= (Figuratively) To place in mind. Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development. SEEDS= (Figurative) The source, beginning or germ of anything. SOFTLY CREEPING= Moving quietly and slowly. VISION= /'vɪʒən/ The manner in which one sees or conceives of something mental image. To emphasize the speaker's isolation, the composer uses personification by having him speak directly to "darkness, my old friend." The speaker desires to encourage people to find meaning in their lives beyond commercial culture, but no one will listen, except for the darkness he awakens to after dreaming of a chance to address them. He takes comfort in venting his thoughts and emotions to the darkness, because it is the only one willing to listen. The first line highlights the key theme of the song, the inability for people to talk to one another. People writing songs that voices never shareĪnd the sign said “The words of the prophetsĭARKNESS= /'dɑ:knɪs/ Absence of light. When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light And the vision that was planted in my brain ![]()
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