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