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