Am G Am
Hello Darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again
Am F C F C
because a vision softly creeping Left it's seeds while i was sleeping
F C Am
And the Vision that was planted in my brain still remains
C G Am
within the sound of silence
Am G Am
In Restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone
Am F C F C
Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F C
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night
C G Am
and touched the sound of silence
Am G Am
And in the naked light i saw Ten thousand people maybe more
Am F C F C
People talking without speaking people hearing without listening
C F C Am
People writing songs that voices never share No one dared
C G Am
Disturb the sound of silence
Am G Am
Fool said I you do not know Silence like a cancer grows
Am F C F C
Hear my words that i might teach you take my arms that i might reach you
F C Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell
C G Am
And echoed in the the wells of silence
Am G Am
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made
Am F C F C
and the sign flashed out its in warning in the words that it was forming
F C
and the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Am
and tenement halls
C G Am
and whispered in the sounds of silence