[00:03.644]Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:08.424]I've come to talk with you again
[00:13.388]Because a vision softly creeping
[00:18.769]Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:23.993]And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:32.117]Still remains
[00:36.062]Within the sound of silence
[00:42.227]In restless dreams I walked alone
[00:47.295]Narrow streets of cobblestone
[00:52.441]Neath the halo of a street lamp
[00:58.057]I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[01:03.334]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
[01:12.268]That split the night
[01:16.395]And touched the sound of silence
[01:23.004]And in the naked light I saw
[01:27.758]Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:33.140]People talking without speaking
[01:38.573]People hearing without listening
[01:43.824]People writing songs that voices never share
[01:52.993]And no one dare disturb the sound of silence
[02:03.624]"Fools" said I, You do not know
[02:08.170]Silence like a cancer grows
[02:13.603]Hear my words that I might teach you
[02:18.932]Take my arms that I might reach to you
[02:24.131]But my words like silent raindrops fell
[02:35.572]And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:43.827]And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.
[02:54.302]And the sign flashed out its warning
[02:59.526]And the words that it was forming
[03:05.117]And the sign said
[03:07.024]The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
[03:13.685]and tenement halls
[03:17.316]And whispered in the sound of silence.