[00:03.55] Hello darkness, my old friend [00:07.62] I've come to talk with you again [00:11.82] Because a vision softly creeping [00:16.78] Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:21.39] And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:27.60] Still remains [00:30.83] Within the sound of silence [00:37.06] In restless dreams, I walked alone [00:41.96] Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:46.19] 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp [00:50.82] I turned my collar to the cold and damp [00:55.58] When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light [01:02.08] That split the night [01:05.96] And touched the sound of silence [01:11.33] And in the naked light, I saw [01:15.74] Ten thousand people, maybe more [01:20.54] People talking without speaking [01:25.07] People hearing without listening [01:29.35] People writing songs that voices never shared [01:37.09] No one dared [01:40.68] Disturb the sound of silence [01:46.03] "Fools", said I, "You do not know [01:50.66] Silence like a cancer grows [01:54.90] Hear my words that I might teach you [01:59.77] Take my arms that I might reach you" [02:04.18] But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:13.12] And echoed in the wells of silence [02:20.57] And the people bowed and prayed [02:25.00] To the neon god they made [02:29.55] And the sign flashed out its warning [02:33.64] In the words that it was forming [02:38.46] And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls [02:45.67] In tenement halls" [02:48.67] And whispered in the sounds of silence [02:56.45]