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Hello darkness, my old f riend
I've come to talk with you ag ain
Because a vision softly creepi ng
Left its seeds while I w as sleep ing
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still r emains
Within the sound of silence
I N.C. n restless dreams I walked a lone
Narrow streets of cobbles tone
'Neath the halo of a street la mp
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 s ound of s ilence
And in the naked light I s aw
Ten thousand people, maybe m ore
People talking withou t speakin g
People hearing with out listen ing
People writing songs that voices never s hare
And no one dared
Disturb the s ound of s ilence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer g rows
Hear my words that I mig ht teach yo u
Take my arms that I m ight reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops, fel l
Echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and p rayed
To the neon god they m ade
And the sign flashed out i ts warni ng
In the words that it w as form ing
And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway w alls
And tenement halls
Whispered in the sound N.C. of sile nce."