(Am)Hello darkness, my old (G)friend,
I've come to talk with you (Am)again,
Because a vision (F)softly creeping(C),
Left its seeds while I (F)was sleeping(C),
And the (F)vision that was planted (C)in my brain
Still (Am)remains
(C)Within the (G)sound of (Am)silence.
G Am
In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone,
And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more.
F C F C
'neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp
People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening
F C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
People writing songs that voices never share
Am C G Am
That split the night, And touched the sound of silence.
And no one dare, Disturb the sound of silence.
G Am
Fools said I, you do not know, Silence like a cancer grows.
And the people bowed and prayed, To the neon God they made.
F C F C
Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you.
And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming.
C F C Am C G Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed In the wells of silence
F
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
F C C Am
Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls.
C G Am
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
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