Mercy - Sounds of Silence lyrics
[Mercy - Sounds of Silence lyrics]
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remain within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
On narrow streets of cobblestone
Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the
Flash of a neon light split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dare disturb the sound of silence
"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"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And then people bowed and prayed
To the neon gods they made
And the sign flashed out it's warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
"The words of the prophets are
Written on the subway walls
And tenement halls and whispered
In the sounds of silence"
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remain within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
On narrow streets of cobblestone
Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the
Flash of a neon light split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dare disturb the sound of silence
"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"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And then people bowed and prayed
To the neon gods they made
And the sign flashed out it's warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
"The words of the prophets are
Written on the subway walls
And tenement halls and whispered
In the sounds of silence"