The Sound Of Silence

Am Hello darkness, my old Gfriend,
I've come to talk with you aAmgain,
Because a vision softlFy creepCing,
Left its seeds while I wFas sleepCing,
And the Fvision that was planted in my Cbrain
Still remainC/BsAmC
Within the Gsound of Amsilence.

In restless dreams I walked aGlone
Narrow streets of cobbleAmstone,
'neath the halo of aF street lCamp,
I turned my collar to the Fcold and dCamp
When my Feyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon lCight
That split the nightC/BAmC
And touched the Gsound of Amsilence.

And in the naked light I Gsaw
Ten thousand people, maybe Ammore.
People talking withoFut speakCing,
People hearing withoFut listeCning,
People writing Fsongs that voices never shCare
And no one dareC/BAmC
Disturb the Gsound of Amsilence.

Fools said I, you do not Gknow
Silence like a cancer Amgrows.
Hear my words that I mFight teach yCou,
Take my arms that I mFight reach yCou.
But my Fwords like silent raindrops Cfell,C/BAm
And Cechoed in the Gwells of Amsilence

And the people bowed and Gprayed
To the neon god they Ammade.
And the sign flashed out iFts warnCing,
In the words that it wFas formCing.
And the sign said, the Fwords of the prophets
Are written on the subway wCalls
And tenement hallsC/BAm
And Cwhisper'd in the Gsounds of Amsilence.