The Sound of Silence Chris Isaak, Jess & Matt

[00:02.95] Hello darkness, my old friend [00:07.14] I've come to talk with you again [00:11.60] Because a vision softly creeping [00:16.46] Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:20.98] And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:27.81] Still remains [00:31.09] Within the sound of silence [00:36.66] In restless dreams, I walked alone [00:41.41] Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:45.84] 'Neath the halo of the streetlamp [00:50.11] I turned my collar to the cold and damp [00:55.07] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light [01:01.70] That split the night [01:04.90] And touched the sound of silence [01:10.70] And in the naked light I saw [01:15.12] Ten thousand people, maybe more [01:19.94] People talking without speaking [01:24.48] People hearing without listening [01:28.85] People writing songs that voices never share [01:36.54] And no one dared [01:40.01] Disturb the sound of silence [01:45.90] "Fools," said I, "you do not know [01:50.33] Silence, like a cancer, grows [01:55.08] Hear my words that I might teach you [01:59.55] Take my arms that I might reach you" [02:04.02] But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:13.31] And echoed in the wells of silence [02:21.03] And the people bowed and prayed [02:25.59] To the neon god they made [02:30.18] And the sign flashed out its warning [02:34.65] In the words that it was forming [02:39.25] And the sign said, "the words of the prophets [02:42.52] Are written on the subway walls [02:46.76] And tenement halls" [02:49.70] And whispered in the sound of silence [02:57.08]