Hello darkness my old friend I've 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 In restless dreams I walked alone narrrow streets and cobblestone Beneath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon light that split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared, no one dares to stir the sound of silence Fool,said I,you do not know silence,like a cancer,grows Hear my words and I might teach you Take my arms then I might reach you But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they had made And the sign flashed out its warning in the words that it was forming And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls and whispered the sound of silence
[00:03.23]Hello darkness my old friend [00:07.71]I've come to talk with you again [00:12.06]Because a vision softly creeping [00:16.56]left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:21.17]And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains [00:31.17]within the sound of silence [00:37.17]In restless dreams I walked alone [00:41.15]narrrow streets and cobblestone [00:45.38]Beneath the halo of a streetlamp [00:49.83]I turned my collar to the cold and damp [00:54.25]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon light that split the night [01:03.60]And touched the sound of silence [01:10.22]And in the naked light I saw [01:13.63]ten thousand people maybe more [01:17.83]People talking without speaking [01:23.12]People hearing without listening [01:27.63]People writing songs that voices never shared, [01:33.89]no one dares to stir the sound of silence [01:44.05]Fool,said I,you do not know [01:48.45]silence,like a cancer,grows [01:52.91]Hear my words and I might teach you [01:57.66]Take my arms then I might reach you [02:02.09]But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:10.76]And echoed in the wells of silence [02:18.73]And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they had made [02:27.11]And the sign flashed out its warning in the words that it was forming [02:35.91]And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls [02:47.37]and whispered the sound of silence
