The Sound of Silence Lyrics

Emadd9 | ||x2 D*
D* Emadd9
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 ---2-0------
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
That 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 share
And 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 to you
But my words like silent raindrops fell and echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out it's warning and 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