Sound of silence

billzhao

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

Hello darkness, my old friend,
& L! G, _( u4 ^- q( `Ive come to talk with you again,
# k- G2 Y" h; y3 jBecause a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
" z2 v! J( T6 W, {  ]0 E$ V" d( rStill remains
9 N  m% a5 _3 O1 wWithin the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
+ E* _' X8 S" `- Z+ Oneath the halo of a street lamp,
0 w4 [4 r/ S& U/ W  Z* u7 C% _I turned my collar to the cold and damp
/ U2 U+ J+ w' P8 T4 a- d6 h( x3 S6 GWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
3 f7 B  L6 t6 _9 VA neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
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/ U5 L3 L! L4 a. G, P* wAnd in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
/ r/ E9 ^+ S9 T; V: w3 j7 q* EPeople writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
, A6 C* t, h3 u1 _Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
( {/ i/ {2 N% l5 MSilence like a cancer grows.
4 x" p  Q. M) d3 r8 R4 O' e, cHear 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

) y; e1 R7 t6 W( M. qAnd the people bowed and prayed
3 o3 K$ o9 k! a+ L) k  ~2 B2 cTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
2 l( V- Z0 S6 \. `And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
$ A' x6 x5 _1 f0 |And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence



4 r! D" c0 N4 U: Z[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]