Lyrics:

Hello darkness, my old friend
I2ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
2Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

3Fools,3 said I, 3you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you3

But my words like silent raindrops fell
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 3The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence3