The Sound of Silence

[00:09.77] Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:14.81] I've come to talk with you again
[00:20.82] Because a vision softly creeping
[00:27.04] Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:32.84] And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:41.61] Still remains
[00:46.15] Within the sound of silence
[00:53.18] In restless dreams, I walked alone
[00:58.93] Narrow streets of cobblestone
[01:04.86] 'Neath the halo of a street lamp
[01:10.55] I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[01:16.39] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
[01:24.92] That split the night
[01:29.26] And touched the sound of silence
[01:36.37] And in the naked light, I saw
[01:42.05] Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:47.56] People talking without speaking
[01:53.40] People hearing without listening
[01:58.07] People writing songs that voices never shared
[02:07.43] And no one dared
[02:11.40] Disturb the sound of silence
[02:18.77] "Fools" said I, "You do not know
[02:24.55] Silence like a cancer grows
[02:30.12] Hear my words that I might teach you
[02:35.50] Take my arms that I might reach you"
[02:40.85] But my words, like silent raindrops fell
[02:51.41] And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:59.47] And the people bowed and prayed
[03:05.11] To the neon god they made
[03:10.56] And the sign flashed out its warning
[03:15.98] In the words that it was forming
[03:21.79] Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
[03:31.17] In tenement halls"
[03:34.30] And whispered in the sound of silence
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