 鲜花( 152)  鸡蛋( 1)
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* G* T. N- N1 h8 q: A' zHello darkness, my old friend,
* k, G: z$ D6 E, d" |7 X5 @Ive come to talk with you again,7 K) Z& p# W8 F! ~/ x+ k, n0 {
Because a vision softly creeping,# o4 b( R' z$ x- V& ] d! r$ B- H
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
9 `" ]3 u2 T! R$ S, oAnd the vision that was planted in my brain6 t2 M6 x+ i d* e
Still remains
; F$ L3 \* P# t& R# uWithin the sound of silence.
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5 [/ a5 X; n: ~! @. o3 [In restless dreams I walked alone7 u; S- f0 d9 ]
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
: ^. O* a3 [) P2 @neath the halo of a street lamp,+ @$ S) z! X) K8 w! V3 g& A- O9 t' d
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
" L% f- x- \7 s& DWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of ] d) {. |/ z, T! @, U
A neon light% \7 {4 Y0 q2 d( t$ k- A) r( o
That split the night
5 C/ R q# o" X) ?And touched the sound of silence.. p! G" ~; |. C' n% W
/ V. n2 U* h7 o5 yAnd in the naked light I saw
+ R9 c1 }: O2 [4 ZTen thousand people, maybe more.
2 x4 l7 v0 h! L7 s) B/ wPeople talking without speaking,
5 X0 k$ n9 e9 TPeople hearing without listening,* N2 L4 n+ S- T
People writing songs that voices never share
- l" C* C$ @- l- j& PAnd no one deared
5 X+ X2 U! H& xDisturb the sound of silence.( p, y6 `8 g9 `( [
( D7 ?" s7 q2 [! h8 u, ~Fools said i,you do not know0 F& a% u9 W9 {( g' T
Silence like a cancer grows.
% \. k1 V& x! ^& n8 H9 ?( nHear my words that I might teach you,
* o, T# U/ J( m+ h1 y( O1 p2 k. ]Take my arms that I might reach you.3 i+ ^0 f- e( r4 k# H$ ~& j' a
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
- Z1 M% E$ l/ D/ E# t5 e- L* dAnd echoed8 U7 s) m6 e$ b& q+ ~* J+ R
In the wells of silence& S% V% m1 C7 T1 X$ n1 t9 g) a
, o4 ?& k8 H3 yAnd the people bowed and prayed9 S) D$ i" ^0 g; R! t
To the neon God they made." c2 s9 q h" X% V* [
And the sign flashed out its warning,
J* j3 d% q# N) C- |; y4 KIn the words that it was forming.
, X, o$ M% d2 t5 A* O7 @+ iAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets5 d6 M/ q* ?. E: l+ M
Are written on the subway walls9 [' |& s" a3 h) Z/ {$ T/ |8 M2 o. h
And tenement halls.
$ e2 D: C, T, I" j+ pAnd whisperd in the sounds of silence. |
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