[00:03.644]Hello darkness, my old friend[00:08.424]I've come to talk with you again[00:13.388]Because a vision softly creeping[00:18.769]Left its seeds while I was sleeping[00:23.993]And the vision that was planted in my brain[00:32.117]Still remains[00:36.062]Within the sound of silence[00:42.227]In restless dreams I walked alone[00:47.295]Narrow streets of cobblestone[00:52.441]Neath the halo of a street lamp[00:58.057]I turned my collar to the cold and damp[01:03.334]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light[01:12.268]That split the night[01:16.395]And touched the sound of silence[01:23.004]And in the naked light I saw[01:27.758]Ten thousand people, maybe more[01:33.140]People talking without speaking[01:38.573]People hearing without listening[01:43.824]People writing songs that voices never share[01:52.993]And no one dare disturb the sound of silence[02:03.624]"Fools" said I, You do not know[02:08.170]Silence like a cancer grows[02:13.603]Hear my words that I might teach you[02:18.932]Take my arms that I might reach to you[02:24.131]But my words like silent raindrops fell[02:35.572]And echoed in the wells of silence[02:43.827]And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.[02:54.302]And the sign flashed out its warning[02:59.526]And the words that it was forming[03:05.117]And the sign said[03:07.024]The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls[03:13.685]and tenement halls[03:17.316]And whispered in the sound of silence.