Em D Hello darkness, my old friend, Em I've come to talk with you again, C G Because a visions softly creeping, C G Left its seeds while I was sleeping, C And the vision that was planted G Em in to my brain, still remains G D Em Within the sound of silence D In restless dreams I walked alone Em Narrow streets of cobblestone, C G 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, C G I turned my collar to the cold and damp C G When my eyes were stabbed by the flash by a neon light Em That split the night G D Em And touched the sound of silence D And in the naked light I saw Em Ten thousand people, maybe more C G People talking without speaking, C G People hearing without listening, C G People writing songs that voices never share Em And no one dare G D Em Disturb the sound of silence D Fools said I, "You do not know" Em Silence like a cancer grows C G Hear my words that I might teach you, C G Take my arms that I might reach you C G Em But my words like silent raindrops fell, G And echoed D Em In the walls of silence D And the people bowed and prayed Em To the neon god they'd made C G And the sign flashed out is warning, C G In the words that is was forming C And the sign said the words of the prophets G Are written on the subway walls Em And tenement halls G D Em And whisper'd in the sound of silence.
