The Sound Of Silence

[00:09.60] Hello, darkness, my old friend,

[00:14.10] I've come to talk with you again,

[00:20.10] Because a vision softly creeping,

[00:26.10] Left its seeds while I was sleeping,

[00:32.35] And the vision that was planted in my brain

[00:41.36] Still remains within the sound of silence.

[00:52.85] In restless dreams I walked alone

[00:58.35] Narrow streets of cobblestone

[01:04.10] 'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

[01:10.10] I turned my collar to the cold and damp.

[01:15.85] When my eyes were stabbed

[01:19.60] By the flash of a neon light

[01:24.35] That split the night,

[01:28.85] And touched the sound of silence.

[01:36.85] And in the naked light I saw

[01:41.60] Ten thousand people, maybe more,

[01:47.10] People talking without speaking,

[01:52.60] People hearing without listening.

[01:57.85] People writing songs

[02:01.35] That voices never share,

[02:07.10] And no one dare

[02:10.85] Disturb the sound of silence.

[02:18.85] "Fools", said I, "you do not know

[02:24.11] Silence like a cancer grows,

[02:29.85] Hear my words that I might teach you,

[02:35.35] Take my arms that I might reach to you."

[02:40.10] But my words like silent raindrops fell

[02:49.60] And echoed in the wells of silence.

[02:59.60] And the people bowed and prayed

[03:04.60] To the neon God they made,

[03:10.85] And the sign flashed out, it's warning,

[03:16.10] And the words that it was forming,

[03:21.60] And the sign said:

[03:23.85] "The words of the prophets

[03:28.85] Are written on the subway walls,

[03:31.35] And tenement halls,

[03:34.60] And whispered in the sound of silence.