Nevermore - The Sound 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 remains within the sound of silence
The sound of silence

In restless dreams, I walked alone
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
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
The sound of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
"Fools, " said I, "you do not know
Silence, like a cancer, grows"

And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

System check neon black

And the sign flashed out it's warning
In the words that it was forming:
"The words of the prophets were
Written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
The sounds of silence the sounds of silence
The sound

"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"