Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
& b4 r" t8 U7 J* C* OIve come to talk with you again,
+ a3 _) d9 t( a3 y( F* ]1 w$ P! Y! yBecause a vision softly creeping,
' _& k$ [' _" s$ [Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
) W: k# g/ n% L8 `And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
4 p$ T! e3 k8 z: MWithin the sound of silence.
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% ]% t& s9 `. _6 K# {  T/ _7 L9 KIn restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
  R0 G8 X+ G# I! v  t. r3 uWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
  _% T9 Y2 R% \$ D; W3 {) `A neon light
That split the night
9 ]; [; y: \1 [* Q. DAnd touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
, A' V% P9 |3 \: i- c; q9 ]Ten thousand people, maybe more.
* s. w. B! g5 \" cPeople talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
6 T3 O% ]: y$ Y9 T. Q+ \People writing songs that voices never share
" Z5 A, B7 W( X# N! a- b+ a4 ^0 JAnd no one deared
4 }6 O; L7 m% i' mDisturb the sound of silence.

( y7 d2 L! _. b" J6 n6 V! Q. GFools said i,you do not know
0 \5 M& |+ A6 G' zSilence like a cancer grows.
! f+ M, s" B0 ?& z. d3 RHear my words that I might teach you,
, k# x# ^; f, w4 }. dTake my arms that I might reach you.
* q$ e9 u. i8 r/ y3 G4 IBut my words like silent raindrops fell,
8 Q. g+ r/ B. Y2 H0 [' sAnd echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
  O* p/ Y6 U6 Q, l5 TTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
+ A' P& \  W' p5 PIn the words that it was forming.
; K  M& k. f! e  V# OAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets
5 i( ~* |" p6 X9 S: DAre written on the subway walls
6 Q( x3 }2 j& m% M6 D- T4 j6 n1 @( PAnd tenement halls.
" i# V, \/ D: o1 }+ m& ^- p6 @And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence

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* B; p6 v- R* ~& ?+ k2 E* e[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]