Sounds of Silence-Ray Conniff

[00:00.650]Sounds of Silence -Ray Conniff [00:03.847]Hello darkness my old friend [00:07.617]I've come to talk with you again [00:11.837]Because a vision softly creeping [00:16.436]Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:20.906]And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:27.246]Still remains [00:30.416]Within the sound of silence [00:36.136]In restless dreams I walked alone [00:40.636]Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:45.36]'Neath the halo of a street lamp [00:49.86]I turned my collar to the cold and damp [00:53.546]When my eyes were stabbed by [00:55.886]The flash of a neon light [00:59.826]That split the night [01:03.46]And touched the sound of silence [01:08.416]And in the naked light I saw [01:12.696]Ten thousand people maybe more [01:17.26]People talking without speaking [01:21.266]People hearing without listening [01:25.536]People writing songs that voices never share [01:32.986]And no one dared [01:35.986]Disturb the sound of silence [01:41.646]"Fools"said I "You do not know [01:45.536]Silence like a cancer grows [01:49.846]Hear my words that I might teach you [01:54.06]Take my arms that I might reach you" [01:57.896]But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:07.196]And echoed [02:08.966]In the wells of silence [02:14.276]And the people bowed and prayed [02:18.266]To the neon god they made [02:22.296]And the sign flashed out its warning [02:26.356]In the words that it was forming [02:30.676]And the sign said [02:32.76]"The words of the prophets are [02:34.316]Written on the subway walls [02:37.916]And tenement halls" [02:40.576]And whispered in the sounds of silence