Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q
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6 i% N5 A1 {7 THello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
( u0 m+ \8 q6 M+ h3 e" iBecause a vision softly creeping,
3 P8 x( N1 k  I7 B" |9 v+ mLeft its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
& _, q. i1 C) z7 j( X, B# E+ x" YStill remains
  K' t8 {( q, Z$ [; F6 p# bWithin the sound of silence.
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/ O" y+ o: o& ?) U) M' t4 O9 c1 r, tIn restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
- y( ^% m2 d& x$ k; rneath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
1 M/ x6 Q0 k* @! o/ D6 ]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
' r0 n. O2 U  v$ {That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
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. f' r6 i" |9 J% u7 vAnd in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
( I6 L2 O' }' P& z1 h6 |And no one deared
. p6 W) f1 Y( q2 jDisturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
' F! z3 j# F2 KSilence like a cancer grows.
3 K' z3 `  G: t- J9 [$ AHear my words that I might teach you,
* i& x" c; R7 k# N: y1 w8 L0 e9 qTake my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
' |/ \5 U$ U# Z. A% `In the wells of silence
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: B6 y) ~: R% \/ n( Z9 a0 iAnd the people bowed and prayed
+ U) z$ V/ p/ ~5 ^" A& PTo the neon God they made.
4 o* e3 u: P5 j/ kAnd the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence


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[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]