Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds when I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted
In my brain still remains
With in the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbled by the flash
Of the neon light that split the night
And touch the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people may be more
People talking without speaking
People hearing withour listening
People writing songs that voices
Never share and no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

Fools said I you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops feel
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
Whispered the sounds of silence