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Hello darkness, my old friend,3 w& {6 X# h( P
Ive come to talk with you again,2 h) N) \5 p9 ^9 H( i
Because a vision softly creeping,( m0 o$ d" f- o6 u1 h. G8 z
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,: a2 |/ `) E# m+ d1 _# x9 U; |
And the vision that was planted in my brain4 B5 o1 g3 r9 F2 M$ c1 h# E
Still remains* `4 b1 W+ P. T4 P8 o3 b- B* z8 P
Within the sound of silence.& s. P' T2 Z0 \0 z9 X ~
) ]3 A( n8 z8 RIn restless dreams I walked alone, h8 m. m& P8 q: [3 X, ^, V
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
, F: H' ?* C7 `& o ineath the halo of a street lamp,. |* q* w0 B s& R. T$ G5 S
I turned my collar to the cold and damp* M8 t6 w/ D, ~. @9 q% u
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of# L8 A$ C# b9 p2 A
A neon light. O- u/ l* g& ~/ S9 W2 G
That split the night
. r* {( R- U" f) O! h# [4 X. f1 yAnd touched the sound of silence.' d+ `) w$ x' k% q$ Y
7 `* ~4 o# _" C# m, \And in the naked light I saw; _9 }7 t2 F2 i
Ten thousand people, maybe more.$ r; U/ g2 b, t9 [$ V4 C) b
People talking without speaking,4 `. V6 \0 I$ I6 |
People hearing without listening,9 z+ }( f1 X" m/ w! c6 I4 z
People writing songs that voices never share7 D( n, @0 d8 ?; p
And no one deared
; x) Y6 W0 _# N* Y. ]0 V( Q- Y2 M( n) GDisturb the sound of silence.
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4 @( a$ e3 x v1 [) s) E+ c* S' CFools said i,you do not know
* q+ E9 W4 q- s- X. |' SSilence like a cancer grows.) M% Y3 |3 }( r2 \4 B
Hear my words that I might teach you,
0 w+ B( g& `& D' i3 t/ Q0 N2 TTake my arms that I might reach you.
% i$ N6 ^% \# @/ X8 vBut my words like silent raindrops fell,, I! K/ h* a! `1 R
And echoed
V. e: h1 X$ l& z9 `In the wells of silence
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And the people bowed and prayed) k( l/ v3 G3 A
To the neon God they made. i9 }* D# ~& W6 w
And the sign flashed out its warning,
7 @9 {7 Y1 a) D, C. |7 F5 hIn the words that it was forming.
2 p% R' d; Y) l) @7 jAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets! d6 p( d/ V. `7 s, s* p; Y
Are written on the subway walls
/ [0 H- W8 M3 [5 dAnd tenement halls.. l L5 M; W% H8 ?
And whisperd in the sounds of silence. |
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