Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q
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* u6 ~$ @/ @( t6 }  C: gHello darkness, my old friend,
9 Q0 p# I5 ]8 r: h! YIve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

* ?# v. H- ?/ Q1 `+ QIn restless dreams I walked alone
2 c1 b2 X( o9 _( lNarrow streets of cobblestone,
8 T6 ~- S% V& {8 s# H3 e' e  Vneath the halo of a street lamp,
* D/ V+ t, T; R& uI turned my collar to the cold and damp
7 Z3 F" ], v% N3 ~" wWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
& s; g; t8 x9 b) b7 U; RA neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

' G) z& f# r+ I2 J: v' FAnd in the naked light I saw
/ r' s/ T( `' kTen thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
1 X! E% c2 H: }+ bPeople hearing without listening,
7 F' r/ m2 Y  B4 j" D( [5 vPeople writing songs that voices never share
3 X) Y, Z3 v& `# `/ h" i# a$ CAnd no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.
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1 p* L& E/ b& ~" MFools 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,
+ u3 R) c0 G; _" W. S0 @) f8 f3 J3 tAnd echoed
9 x* L9 A' P% o+ Q! JIn the wells of silence
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+ D: G5 z; {( h- DAnd the people bowed and prayed
) M) T1 F: W- ~1 E) H. pTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
  ^* u. Z3 n- f3 b) n4 z# `9 LIn the words that it was forming.
3 x( G; [" l  D; k8 s+ d- M8 `. k& TAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
2 ~) t9 U- W7 f% jAnd 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 ]