(Paul Simon, 1964)

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds 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 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 sound of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
"The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds 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

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