HELLO DARKNESS
MY OLD FRIEND
I'VE COME TO TALK
WITH YOU AGAIN
BECAUSE A VISION
SOFTLY CREEPING
LEFT IT'S SEED
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 TURN MY COLLAR
TO THE COLD AND DAMP
WHEN MY EYES
WERE STAMPED
BY THE FLASH
OF A NEON LIGHT
IT 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 SHARED
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
ECHOED IN THE WELL
OF SILENCE
AND THE PEOPLE
BOWED AND PRAYED
TO THE NEON GOD
THEY'D MADE
AND THE SIGN
FLASHED OUT
IT'S 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