The Sound of Silence

[00:03.36] Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:07.67] I've come to talk with you again
[00:11.94] Because a vision softly creeping
[00:16.91] Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:21.17] And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:27.71] Still remains
[00:31.63] Within the sound of silence
[00:37.25] In restless dreams, I walked alone
[00:42.14] Narrow streets of cobblestone
[00:46.52] 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
[00:50.76] I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[00:55.79] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
[01:01.84] That split the night
[01:05.86] And touched the sound of silence
[01:11.95] And in the naked light, I saw
[01:16.30] Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:20.42] People talking without speaking
[01:25.46] People hearing without listening
[01:29.58] People writing songs that voices never shared
[01:37.15] No one dared
[01:40.77] Disturb the sound of silence
[01:45.90] "Fools", said I, "You do not know
[01:50.87] Silence like a cancer grows
[01:54.73] Hear my words that I might teach you
[01:59.01] Take my arms that I might reach you"
[02:03.97] But my words like silent raindrops fell
[02:13.05] And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:20.42] And the people bowed and prayed
[02:24.70] To the neon god they made
[02:29.36] And the sign flashed out its warning
[02:33.81] In the words that it was forming
[02:38.97] And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
[02:46.02] In tenement halls"
[02:48.86] And whispered in the sounds of silence
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