Hello darkness, my old friend
Asus2
I’ve come to talk with you again
Dm C
Because a vision softly creeping
Dm С
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
Dm C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Dm
Still remains
C G Asus2 Am ↓
Within the sound of silence
G
In restless dreams I walked alone
Asus2
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Dm C
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
Dm С
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
Dm C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Dm
That split the night
C G Asus2 Am ↓
And touched the sound of silence
G
And in the naked light I saw
Asus2
Ten thousand people, maybe more
Dm C
People talking without speaking
Dm С
People hearing without listening
Dm C
People writing songs that voices never share
Dm
And no one dared
C G Asus2 Am ↓
Disturb the sound of silence
G
“Fools”, said I, “You do not know
Asus2
Silence like a cancer grows
Dm C
Hear my words that I might teach you
Dm С
Take my arms that I might reach you”
Dm C
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
Dm
And echoed
C G Asus2 Am ↓
In the wells of silence
G
And the people bowed and prayed
Asus2
To the neon god they made
Dm C
And the sign flashed out its warning
Dm С
In the words that it was forming and the sign said:
Dm C
“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Dm
And tenement halls
C G Asus2 Am ↓
And whispered in the sound of silence.”
