Intro: Em
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Hello, darkness, my old friend.
Em
I've come to talk with you again,
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Because a vision softly creeping
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Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
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And the vision that was planted in my brain
Em
still remains
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Within the sound of silence.
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In restless dreams I walked alone,
Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone.
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'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
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I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
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When my eyes were stabbed by the flash by a neon light
Em
That split the night
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And touched the sound of silence.
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And in the naked light I saw
Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more:
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People talking without speaking,
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People hearing without listening,
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People writing songs that voices never shared—
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No one dared
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Disturb the sound of silence.
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"Fools!" said I, "You do not know
Em
Silence like a cancer grows.
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Hear my words that I might teach you,
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Take my arms that I might reach you."
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But my words like silent raindrops fell,
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Echoed
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In the wells of silence.
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And the people bowed and prayed
Em
To the neon god they made,
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And the sign flashed out its warning,
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In the words that it was forming,
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And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Em
And tenement halls
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And whispered in the sounds of silence.