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