Sound of silence

billzhao

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

" p# N! @5 _3 e+ T  K# v  k* S' YHello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
( Y0 E  Y) s" E: M$ WAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
4 E; c, Z' O/ K' }, T0 s7 |Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

6 _0 e9 y9 }; ?% P8 Y, D# Z. oIn restless dreams I walked alone
3 C, t5 Y6 I) [* C$ j) C' \! _Narrow streets of cobblestone,
2 R- k* m5 ~: Qneath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
6 [7 x0 i9 L' e9 B3 i* w1 fA neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
/ ]% f! n  d) o# D' mPeople talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
  ~- b# O" o* b  JPeople writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
+ }! B& `- S% Y4 {5 _+ ]Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
1 ]( B; R+ W  W# \/ U; W" rAnd echoed
: ?% p0 _9 ~  t4 @5 L6 M2 o& OIn the wells of silence
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+ n- R4 m7 o- \( VAnd the people bowed and prayed
0 L+ @. a, u# wTo the neon God they made.
# p# o6 d' `6 K; o4 n0 vAnd the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
2 Z* E2 }! M" O9 ?5 ~3 \' DAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets
' H3 o; x2 {* [4 SAre written on the subway walls
4 J' H% A+ [1 h  n- nAnd tenement halls.
. T" I/ u6 W- A3 B$ Z7 c! }# `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 ]