鲜花( 152) 鸡蛋( 1)
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
3 n; N" X& D1 E7 J0 t' X7 a fIve come to talk with you again,
: K# C2 _4 Q6 c+ e/ @9 eBecause a vision softly creeping," d5 N3 {* s8 u) a: F0 P; H% A
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
& t- p+ G: Z/ s) m" p$ Q1 `0 `And the vision that was planted in my brain2 _( d8 T3 X5 r3 h$ D# V
Still remains
$ R# m: N4 l$ E% iWithin the sound of silence.
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In restless dreams I walked alone
- [8 k1 [$ Z& Q1 a$ rNarrow streets of cobblestone,+ B) Q, _! ~" C2 e0 X, d: n# w
neath the halo of a street lamp,
2 z' p( P1 N" cI turned my collar to the cold and damp
. A/ C0 v) L/ GWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of$ O6 V; r% w4 g7 `$ f9 B
A neon light& t# E" r7 ]4 V" ]* [6 R
That split the night: M1 U) u* j* s7 y% n* P( s
And touched the sound of silence.
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And in the naked light I saw
5 y8 K% F s, ~ j1 RTen thousand people, maybe more.
0 d% A K% a4 J+ E; V; \People talking without speaking,
" K/ G' Y1 r* R/ n zPeople hearing without listening,
/ v4 i6 x) R& H4 P0 t# hPeople writing songs that voices never share
, R3 P. v, |# k/ l! u; jAnd no one deared; V3 S( H6 C, Z0 V0 c* p" y5 ?3 O
Disturb the sound of silence.! [+ {6 Y+ t# i3 _ R8 ~4 w
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Fools said i,you do not know
9 U! {- R3 y: t/ _+ mSilence like a cancer grows.
" l' o: [0 Z% r) V' ~- FHear my words that I might teach you,
. C: i8 M* [# W1 J E! m+ ^Take my arms that I might reach you.' i5 Y- i' X1 h7 S
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
9 X5 D! W# j% C5 f6 [7 d9 cAnd echoed
- @& c3 C% [" `. A7 TIn the wells of silence& n% r5 f9 x W+ u3 N
3 a0 N, I7 ?" z, e2 Y$ C& aAnd the people bowed and prayed
: L! x# Z( f1 bTo the neon God they made.
0 n3 x H" h8 `7 X5 K) R$ j7 j8 rAnd the sign flashed out its warning,# u/ R. k t9 Y) S9 J0 D Q
In the words that it was forming., r( \/ ^, y- N6 O- \
And the signs said, the words of the prophets% P; s$ F9 D- Q) |7 E
Are written on the subway walls4 E K" h5 J( `3 ?) q
And tenement halls.2 u6 b2 o( h+ i3 _, W/ O9 ]4 ^
And whisperd in the sounds of silence. |
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