The Sound Of Silence Disturbed

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