The Sound of Silence

[00:09.83] Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:15.49] I've come to talk with you again
[00:21.49] Because a vision softly creeping
[00:27.09] Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:32.66] And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:41.36] Still remains
[00:45.43] Within the sound of silence
[00:53.14] In restless dreams, I walked alone
[00:58.74] Narrow streets of cobblestone
[01:05.22] 'Neath the halo of a street lamp
[01:10.78] I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[01:17.18] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
[01:24.90] That split the night
[01:29.34] And touched the sound of silence
[01:36.40] And in the naked light, I saw
[01:41.87] Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:48.96] People talking without speaking
[01:53.87] People hearing without listening
[01:58.37] People writing songs that voices never shared
[02:07.93] And no one dared
[02:11.21] Disturb the sound of silence
[02:19.03] "Fools" said I, "You do not know
[02:24.80] Silence like a cancer grows
[02:30.43] Hear my words that I might teach you
[02:36.03] Take my arms that I might reach you"
[02:41.34] But my words, like silent raindrops fell
[02:49.39]
[02:51.64] And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:59.51] And the people bowed and prayed
[03:04.76] To the neon god they made
[03:11.08] And the sign flashed out its warning
[03:16.46] In the words that it was forming
[03:22.39] Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
[03:31.07] In tenement halls"
[03:35.35] And whispered in the sound of silence
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