AmHello darkness, my old Gfriend,
I've come to talk with you aAmgain,
Because a Fvision softly Ccreeping,
Left its Fseeds while I was Csleeping,
And the Fvision that was planted in my brain
C/BStill reAmmains C
WithGin the sound of Amsilence.
In restless dreams I walked aGlone
Narrow streets of cobbleAmstone,
'Neath the Fhalo of a Cstreet lamp,
I turned my Fcollar to the Ccold and damp,
When my Feyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light C
C/BThat split the Amnight C
And Gtouched the sound of Amsilence.
And in the naked Glight I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe Ammore.
FPeople talking withCout speaking,
FPeople hearing withCout listening,
FPeople writing songs that voices never share C
C/BAnd no one Amdare C
DisGturb the sound of Amsilence.
Fools said I, you do not Gknow
Silence like a cancer Amgrows.
FHear my words that I Cmight teach you,
FTake my arms that I Cmight reach you.
But my Fwords like silent raindrops Cfell, C/B Am
CAnd echoed in the Gwells of Amsilence
And the people bowed and Gprayed
To the neon god they Ammade.
And the Fsign flashed out its Cwarning,
In the Fwords that it was Cforming.
And the Fsign said, the words of the prophets
Are Cwritten on the subway walls
C/BAnd tenement Amhalls
CAnd whisGper'd in the sounds of Amsilence.
