Lyric Sound Of Silence

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 dare
              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 sound of silence