Sounds of silence-Emiliana Torrini

[00:03.644]Hello darkness, my old friend [00:08.424]I've come to talk with you again [00:13.388]Because a vision softly creeping [00:18.769]Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:23.993]And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:32.117]Still remains [00:36.062]Within the sound of silence [00:42.227]In restless dreams I walked alone [00:47.295]Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:52.441]Neath the halo of a street lamp [00:58.057]I turned my collar to the cold and damp [01:03.334]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light [01:12.268]That split the night [01:16.395]And touched the sound of silence [01:23.004]And in the naked light I saw [01:27.758]Ten thousand people, maybe more [01:33.140]People talking without speaking [01:38.573]People hearing without listening [01:43.824]People writing songs that voices never share [01:52.993]And no one dare disturb the sound of silence [02:03.624]"Fools" said I, You do not know [02:08.170]Silence like a cancer grows [02:13.603]Hear my words that I might teach you [02:18.932]Take my arms that I might reach to you [02:24.131]But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:35.572]And echoed in the wells of silence [02:43.827]And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made. [02:54.302]And the sign flashed out its warning [02:59.526]And the words that it was forming [03:05.117]And the sign said [03:07.024]The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls [03:13.685]and tenement halls [03:17.316]And whispered in the sound of silence.