Sounds of silence

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

 

In restless dreams I walked alone am G
Narrow streets of cobblestone am
‘Neath the halo of a streetlamp F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp F C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light F C
That split the night am
And touched the sound of silence G am

 

And in the naked light I saw am G
Ten thousand people, maybe more am
People talking without speaking F C
People hearing without listening F C
People writing songs that voices never share F C 
No one dare am
Disturb the sound of silence G am

 

“Fools” said I, “You do not know am G
Silence like a cancer grows am
Hear my words that I might teach you F C
Take my arms that I might reach you” F C
But my words like silent raindrops fell F C
And echoed am
in the wells of silence G am

 

And the people bowed and prayed am G
To the neon god they made am
And the sign flashed out its warning F C
In the words that it was forming F C
And the sign said “The words of the prophets F
Are written on the subway walls (F) C
And tenement halls am
And whispered in the sounds of silence” G am