The Sound of Silence

[00:09.87] Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:15.45] I've come to talk with you again
[00:21.49] Because a vision softly creeping
[00:27.08] Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:32.63] And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:41.36] Still remains
[00:45.40] Within the sound of silence
[00:53.17] In restless dreams, I walked alone
[00:58.78] Narrow streets of cobblestone
[01:05.21] 'Neath the halo of a street lamp
[01:10.78] I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[01:17.10] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
[01:24.95] That split the night
[01:29.34] And touched the sound of silence
[01:36.45] And in the naked light, I saw
[01:41.87] Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:48.97] People talking without speaking
[01:53.84] People hearing without listening
[01:58.37] People writing songs that voices never shared
[02:07.97] And no one dared
[02:11.29] Disturb the sound of silence
[02:19.03] "Fools" said I, "You do not know
[02:24.83] Silence like a cancer grows
[02:30.49] Hear my words that I might teach you
[02:36.06] Take my arms that I might reach you"
[02:41.32] But my words, like silent raindrops fell
[02:49.37]
[02:51.67] And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:59.52] And the people bowed and prayed
[03:04.76] To the neon god they made
[03:11.00] And the sign flashed out its warning
[03:16.47] In the words that it was forming
[03:22.33] Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
[03:31.06] In tenement halls"
[03:35.36] And whispered in the sound of silence
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