Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q

Hello darkness, my old friend,
6 b3 S, t. R' B- C+ {$ Y# h: ]Ive come to talk with you again,
$ @0 G. p: D; eBecause a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
) l$ h' d" t) l% b$ K" \$ s0 dWithin the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
& n9 O- K0 H( a& [, `/ h8 f% lNarrow streets of cobblestone,
0 F6 O  e, y7 ~0 `3 ]8 K8 ~neath the halo of a street lamp,
& V+ U* H: g7 Q& u9 XI turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
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" t( \. C- ?/ ^* `1 xAnd in the naked light I saw
! `, T* n, E# dTen thousand people, maybe more.
* H3 F" c4 }/ F5 ]People talking without speaking,
  b$ S! B/ k; I! g' E/ ^  l8 ^5 [People hearing without listening,
; E' q+ E" V  [People writing songs that voices never share
- q' L0 y: _: ?$ aAnd no one deared
: ~; n0 t. N: m3 B" b) R& kDisturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
. @9 i$ X7 ^8 G- D, y$ k5 S5 iHear my words that I might teach you,
' t( V& y# o8 ?1 |5 H8 T/ q7 ZTake my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
' Z* L3 q2 ^5 f8 |: I* T5 ^% @, NIn the wells of silence
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% Q( a2 _" T; PAnd the people bowed and prayed
# E- p% k% [, ?9 yTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
# s* S4 m; W+ e+ gAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets
' G- G8 j% j" A" F# zAre written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
2 ~: N! n8 M4 C: x# J+ bAnd whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence



[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]