SOUNDS OF SILENCE IS ABOUT THE McCARTHY ERA

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Because a vision
The ability or an instance of great perception, esp. of future developments: a man of
vision.
Softly creeping
Developing gradually over a period of time: "a creeping sense of cultural dread"
(Andrew Sullivan).
Left its seeds
Left its source or beginning; a germ: the seed of an idea.
While I was sleeping
While I sleeping - quiet and inactive restfulness, perhaps because I was a kid.
And the vision that was planted in my brain
And the TV program, a vision, television that was PLANTED: A person placed in a
group of people, or Communist cell, to spy on them and influence their behavior. I
LED THREE LIVES about Herbert Philbrick, undercover FBI agent.
Still remains