Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
$ k8 |$ e  B' A: f0 YIve come to talk with you again,
; k3 }; Q" `& ~& }( H  D6 q* d, d+ d+ h: DBecause a vision softly creeping,
* B+ T: G1 ]# U  FLeft its seeds while I was sleeping,
( }+ o/ H7 m& @: ~6 aAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
$ \4 i% ~  I. M7 {  p3 S6 lStill remains
* [5 F0 B/ k$ V2 x. xWithin the sound of silence.
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- X$ ]+ L( I) b; O# a4 o& k+ ?In restless dreams I walked alone
  V% r; |3 i, FNarrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
" Q* A% {! `  u$ n, g$ [7 x4 DThat split the night
0 m, D; v9 K9 _4 e9 v- C1 l. `9 K- L) pAnd touched the sound of silence.
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4 q: n+ O; f: N  j& U/ P4 f& J1 r$ iAnd in the naked light I saw
8 z7 e3 s: Q' Y5 t3 D) I( c" iTen thousand people, maybe more.
/ X+ h6 n  v5 n7 FPeople talking without speaking,
3 a" M) G2 C, wPeople hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
" T3 v# V9 c8 L6 [8 }Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
$ g% W" ]# m1 X" ?5 A& B6 r7 q% xHear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence
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7 P' N# |2 W9 c" v* _2 dAnd the people bowed and prayed
( @& W& Z+ R# n* O+ h. D/ E$ LTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
  @: V/ t, ?, i2 t4 C. WIn the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
5 q) O. d  g; {& yAnd 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 ]