Sounds Of Silence

> Sounds Of Silence
>
> Simon & Garfunkel
>
> Hello darkness, my old friend
> I've come to talk with you again
> Because a vision softly creeping
> Left its seeds while I was sleeping
> And the vision that was planted in my brain
> Still remains
> Within the sound of silence
>
> In restless dreams I walked alone
> Narrow streets of cobblestone
> 'Neath the halo of a street lamp
> 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 talking without speaking
> People hearing without listening
> People writing songs that voices never share
> And no one dared
> Disturb the sound of silence
>
> "Fools", said I, "You do not know
> Silence like a cancer grows
> Hear my words that I might teach you
> Take my arms that I might reach you"
> But my words, like silent raindrops fell
> And echoed
> In the wells of silence
>
> And the people bowed and prayed
> To the neon god they made
> And the sign flashed out its warning
> In the words that it was forming
> And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
> And tenement halls"
> And whispered in the sounds of silence