The line "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls…” in Simon & Garfunkel's song "The Sound of Silence", is a reference to "Book of Daniel" where a hand appears and writes on the wall. The paper use this line both looks back into history how this story has been visualised in a Swedish 19th century folk art painting by Djäken Anders Andersson (1819) but also interpret the story as influencing an prophetic ethos into the usage of 'graffiti' late 20th century album covers.