[Em] [Em] Hello darkness, my old [D] friend, Ive come to talk with you [Em] again, Because a visions soft [C] ly cree [G] ping, Left its seeds while I [C] was slee [G] ping, And the [C] vision that was planted in to my [G] brain, still re [Em] mains [G] Within the [D] sound of [Em] silence In restless dreams I walked [D] alone Narrow streets of cobble [Em] stone, Neath the halo of a [C] street [G] lamp, I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the flash by a neon [G] light That split the [Em] night [G] And touched the [D] sound of [Em] silence And in the naked light I [D] saw Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more People talking with [C] out spea [G] king, People hearing with [C] out liste [G] ning, People writing [C] songs that voices never [G] share And no one [Em] dare [G] Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence Fools said I, "You do not [D] know" Silence like a cancer [Em] grows Hear my words that I [C] might teach [G] you, Take my arms that I [C] might reach [G] you But my [C] words like [G] silent raindrops [Em] fell, And [G] echoed In the [D] walls of [Em] silence And the people bowed and [D] prayed To the neon god theyd [Em] made And the sign flashed out [C] is war [G] ning, In the words that it [C] was for [G] ming And the [C] sign said the words of the prophets Are written on the subway [G] walls And tenement [Em] halls And [G] whisperd in the [D] sound of [Em] silence. |