Sound of silence

billzhao

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

. |' k2 @8 P. x7 _% ^* z) `; N/ }Hello darkness, my old friend,
& l' [" k! F' x1 o9 k9 e1 SIve come to talk with you again,
) f1 k- Q# G8 X( jBecause a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
0 t" |0 W# B* p1 m' ~! [: jAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
! E$ g6 ?2 o$ _Within the sound of silence.

7 l9 V1 Z8 C8 ~1 _+ D$ A0 ~4 F! CIn restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
* E! _  k- z2 ^8 k) \1 j1 Uneath the halo of a street lamp,
4 |1 _$ P( b( o, q' j' W3 MI turned my collar to the cold and damp
& v2 F2 F4 M2 }& J8 a# [# |1 iWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
1 ?# F, Y* F5 H8 Q/ Y, h) pA neon light
That split the night
7 j2 j! z  R  n. Q( |* J  EAnd touched the sound of silence.
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And in the naked light I saw
0 B& D! d+ `2 Z3 D4 r1 bTen thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
! R1 M1 N. T, I7 V+ u9 iPeople hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
0 P7 o8 I" s5 Y. g3 E1 k& rAnd no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
* E) r2 Q9 e0 b! D( l( iSilence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
$ F) m0 {5 p/ i* m2 k* f$ c- ETake my arms that I might reach you.
" V! V+ v' Q$ L% n- b4 @1 w# |- @But my words like silent raindrops fell,
' b+ w/ u" a' N( F- j$ TAnd echoed
( ?7 b4 i  |* o. C; ^In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
6 m1 d1 {& w; q1 _/ h1 dAnd the sign flashed out its warning,
, @0 S% P) H) u' ?7 c6 sIn the words that it was forming.
6 o/ b1 O( `% J6 J% j. ^5 o" A! _And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
" G; g- U9 b# U0 f9 ^And tenement halls.
4 d- B, e- `/ Z& ZAnd whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence


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/ U; w0 `. W" F: Q7 w[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]