[00:06.98]Hello darkness, my old friend[00:12.92]I've come to talk with you again[00:18.88]Because a vision softly creeping[00:25.30]Left its seeds while I was sleeping[00:31.30]And the vision that was planted in my brain[00:41.05]Still remains[00:44.20]Within the sound of silence[00:52.44]In restless dreams I walked alone[00:58.43]Narrow streets of cobblestone[01:04.39]'Neath the halo of a street lamp[01:11.10]I turned my collar to the cold and damp[01:17.01]When my eyes were stabbed by[01:21.33]The flash of a neon light[01:27.00]That split the night[01:29.80]And touched the sound of silence[01:37.52]And in the naked light I saw[01:43.08]Ten thousand people, maybe more[01:49.79]People talking without speaking[01:56.24]People hearing without listening[02:03.04]People writing songs that voices never share[02:11.42]And no one dared[02:15.27]Disturb the sound of silence[02:23.08]"Fools", said I, "You do not know[02:28.14]Silence like a cancer grows[02:35.00]Hear my words that I might teach you[02:41.35]Take my arms that I might reach you"[02:48.11]But my words, like silent raindrops fell[03:00.30]And echoed[03:03.74]In the wells of silence[03:11.30]And the people bowed and prayed[03:17.01]To the neon god they made[03:23.07]And the sign flashed out its warning[03:30.16]In the words that it was forming[03:35.27]And the sign said:[03:38.52]The words of the prophets are[03:41.61]Written on the subway walls[03:47.14]And tenement halls[03:52.13]And whispered in the sound of silence