[Esus2]
[Esus2]Hello darkness my old [D]friend
I've come to talk with you [Em]again
Because a vision softly[C] cree[G]ping
Left his seeds while I was[C] sleep[G]ing
And the [C]vision that was planted, in my [G]brain
Still remain [Em] [G]within the [D]sound of [Esus2]silenc e.
Verse 1:
[Em]In restless dreams I walked [D]alone
Narrow streets of cobbled [Em]stone
'Neath the halo of a [C]street [G]lamp
I turned my 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] [G]night, and touched the [D]sound of [Em]silence.
Verse 2:
[Em]And in the naked light I [D]saw
Ten thousand people maybe [Em]more
People talking with[C]out speak[G]ing
People hearing with[C]out listen[G]ing
People writing [C]songs that voices never [G]share
And no one dare [Em] [G]disturb the [D]sound of [Em]silence
Verse 3:
[Em]Fools said I you do not [D]know
Silence like a cancer [Em]grow
Hear my words that I might[C] teach [G]you
Take my arm that I might[C] reach [G]you
But my [C]words like silent raindrops [G]fell....
And [Em] [G]echoed in the [D]well of [Em]silence
Verse 4:
[Em]And the people bowed and [D]prayed
To the neon god they [Em]made
And the sign flashed out its[C] warn[G]ing
In the words that it was[C] form[G]ing
And the [Em]sign said
The [C]words of the prophets are written on the subway [G]walls
And tenement halls[Em] [G]
....and whispered, in the [D]sound of [Esus2]silence...[Esus2]
