1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Because a vision softly creeping Lifted scenes while I was sleeping 3 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:29,000 And a vision that was planted in my brain Still remains 4 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Within the sound of silence 5 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 In restless dreams I walked alone 6 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 On narrow streets of cobblestone 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Neath the halo of a street lamp 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,000 I turned my collar to the cold and damp 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,000 When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light 10 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 That split the night 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,679 And touch the sound of silence 12 00:01:01,679 --> 00:01:05,719 And in the naked light I saw 13 00:01:05,719 --> 00:01:08,480 Ten thousand people maybe 14 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,280 People talking without speaking 15 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,120 People hearing without listening 16 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,079 People writing songs 17 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:23,299 Their voices never share 18 00:01:23,299 --> 00:01:25,959 And no one dare 19 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:31,239 Disturb the sound of silence 20 00:01:31,239 --> 00:01:34,780 Fools and I, you do not know 21 00:01:34,780 --> 00:01:38,939 Silence like a cancer grows 22 00:01:38,939 --> 00:01:42,620 Hear my words and I'ma hide, teach you 23 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:46,459 Play my arms and I'ma hide, reach you 24 00:01:46,459 --> 00:01:51,859 But my words, like silent raindrops fell 25 00:01:51,859 --> 00:01:58,599 And echoed in the wells of silence 26 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:02,680 And the people bowed and prayed 27 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,819 To the neon god they made 28 00:02:06,819 --> 00:02:09,740 And the sign flashed out in its warning 29 00:02:09,740 --> 00:02:13,219 And the words that it was forming 30 00:02:13,219 --> 00:02:17,400 And the signs and the words on the ground 31 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,620 They saw written on the subway walls 32 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:22,979 In tenement halls 33 00:02:22,979 --> 00:02:28,379 And whispered in the sound 34 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:30,240 Of silence 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,300 And in the naked light I saw 36 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:37,139 Ten thousand people maybe 37 00:02:37,139 --> 00:02:41,860 People talking without speaking 38 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:45,680 People hearing without listening 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,639 People writing songs 40 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,280 That voices never share 41 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,120 And no one dare 42 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:01,080 Disturb the sound of silence