Hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping I left the seeds while i was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains with the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobble stone Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbled By the flash of a neon light Split the night And touched the Sound of silence
And in the naked light i saw Ten thousant people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearhing without listening People wrriting songs that Voices never share No one dare Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said "you do now know Silence like a cancer grows" "Hear my words that might teach you Take my arms that i might reach you" But my words like silent Raindrops fall And echoed in the wells of silence.
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out it's warning In the words that it was forming And the sings said "The world of the prophets Are wrriten on the subway walls and tenement halls" And whispers in the sound of silence