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Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision soft-ly creeping
Left its seeds whileI w-as sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobble stones
Beneath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to cold and damp
When my eyes were stabled by
The flash of a neno 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 witho-ut speaking
People hearing witho-ut listening
People writing songs
That voices never share
No one dare disturb the sound of silence
“Fool”said I, “you do not know”
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I m-ight touch you
Take my arms that I m-ight reach you
But my words like silence raindrops fell
Eched in the walls of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To neno God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it w-as following
And the sign said
The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
Tenement hall
Whisper in the sound of silence |
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