Verse 1
[Em]Hello darkness, my old [D]friend,
I've come to talk with you [Em]again,
Because a vision [C]soft [G]creeping,
Left it's [Em]seeds while I [C]was [G]sleeping,
And the [C]vision that was planted in my [G]brain
Still [Em]remains
Within the [D]sound of [Em]silence.
Verse 2
[Em]In restless dreams I walked [D]alone
Narrow streets of [Em]cobblestone,
[Em]'Neath the halo of a [C]street [G]lamp,
I turned my [Em]collar to the [C]cold and [G]damp
When my [C]eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [G]light
That split the [Em]night
And touched the [D]sound of [Em]silence.
Verse 3
[Em]And in the naked light I [D]saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em]more.
[Em]People talking [C]without [G]speaking,
[Em]People hearing without [C] [G]listening,
People writing [C]songs that voices never [G]share
And no one [Em]dare
Disturb the [D]sound of [Em]silence.
Verse 4
[Em]Fools said i, you do not [D]know
Silence like a cancer [Em]grows.
[Em]Hear my words that I [C]might teach [G]you,
[Em]Take my arms that I [C]might reach [G]you.
But my [C]words like silent raindrops [G]fell,
And [Em]echoed
In the [D]wells of [Em]silence
Verse 5
[Em]And the people bowed and [D]prayed
To the neon God they [Em]made.
[Em] And the sign flashed out [C]it's [G]warning,
[Em]In the words that it [C]was [G]forming.
And the [Em]sign said, the [C]words of the prophets
Are [C]written on the subway [G]walls
And tenement [Em]halls.
And whispered in the [D]sounds of [Em]silence.
