Sound of Silence (Live)

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams, I've 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
And split the night
And touched a 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
And no one dared
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 arm that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops, fell
And echoed the wells of silence

And then the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And then the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophet are written on a subway walls
In tenement halls"
And whispered the sound of
Silence

This time I appreciated the sound of silence
Thank you