Sound of silence

billzhao

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

Hello darkness, my old friend,
8 v/ M% Y6 g4 L* H  J9 {! [6 {7 mIve come to talk with you again,
+ E  I2 C6 e: {* s% d- d8 tBecause 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.
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, K) ]. R6 d, i; CIn restless dreams I walked alone
/ y! k# f) M3 o6 e$ d2 ^4 _Narrow streets of cobblestone,
" f6 _% N1 L  ^# ~2 `( }neath the halo of a street lamp,
/ [" @$ p+ L; T$ |- |' }+ X  YI turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
- _1 [9 g. A7 H) g6 k3 iA neon light
+ y" x& n6 Q, }$ KThat split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
+ t' b4 @: n  |3 yPeople talking without speaking,
: \6 Z0 Y/ z/ \; m" N, D# a1 }People hearing without listening,
  a' Y# R- \) j$ M& gPeople writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
: I0 w, B# f3 W- {0 uDisturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
1 C9 m, o# ]2 d9 Z; b. J; wSilence like a cancer grows.
! _9 X  G4 O" k  ~; }Hear my words that I might teach you,
+ @# R) k0 V# D' T: \7 hTake my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

8 b( L, U6 k5 I' O9 E; O. B+ fAnd the people bowed and prayed
6 w2 j' `- V$ p: eTo the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
5 k( T' m+ P/ C; Q& }( [8 _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 ]