The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend

I’ve come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creepin'

Left its seeds while I was sleepin'

And a vision that was planted in my brain

Still remained

Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

‘Neath the halo of a streetlamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talkin' without speakin'

People hearin' without listenin'

People writin' songs that voices never share

No one dared

Disturb the sound of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warnin'

In the words that it was formin'

And the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

Whispered in the sound of silence