CAPO III

Am   Am(STOP)

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 walked alone 
Narrow streets of cobblestone
    'Neath the halo of a street    lamp
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 

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 share
     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 arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell

C/B(x)   Am

And echoed in the wells of silence 

And the people bowed and prayed 
To the neon god they made
    And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
      And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds      of silence