Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q

Hello darkness, my old friend,
( K6 A+ t' F" n& b# EIve come to talk with you again,
$ }, q0 ~* t& K' q6 rBecause a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
" M# R8 ?0 @6 C* T3 WAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
+ ^3 \3 b/ }& H6 jStill remains
' f5 N- m* x# [9 r0 k8 {. d- v; YWithin the sound of silence.
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In restless dreams I walked alone
* K$ e  E, E: R7 M8 X8 K6 INarrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
9 p& Q7 O: L6 Q1 h2 c& u+ |I turned my collar to the cold and damp
6 q; Q' h* k  s- x; \' j& p' DWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
& R$ V, d7 w4 t0 M" oAnd touched the sound of silence.

1 o2 B% }  y) x7 l7 L  e2 R1 pAnd in the naked light I saw
7 L1 U$ e! ]. M0 {# eTen thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
$ e$ v0 M( w' {( Z. }People hearing without listening,
& [( ~$ G" ~9 U! q: g2 c" a% l4 ~9 [People writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
  l" k! Q0 `$ W! \: s' a/ eHear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
% v- K" i' c' m% B: o' @$ zAnd echoed
" j0 [5 H' n4 c0 iIn the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
. ~0 `8 C& z$ |To the neon God they made.
1 _( _/ F3 k: z9 j+ s  b2 |And the sign flashed out its warning,
% h0 x! `$ T, S9 XIn the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
, ~: J/ K3 \' q/ X, R# ^. y6 T) o2 qAnd tenement halls.
3 B7 d2 r1 I: t) D; G% w* y: hAnd whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence
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[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]