Sound of silence

billzhao

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

0 o; n2 x  z1 b" r0 yHello darkness, my old friend,
$ H# i! ~- U0 X' s2 T  C7 f' FIve come to talk with you again,
' X6 c6 P0 L+ g. @Because a vision softly creeping,
  ^+ z0 f( U, i( X% u0 \Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
2 ]) R9 A8 {2 B7 bAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
/ I4 B5 ]( s) W8 s" O0 p" kStill remains
( X* G( M) S  z+ t% L- y3 l' pWithin the sound of silence.
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6 |: ]% }. c1 C# F% r1 JIn restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
+ M8 [3 {, Z4 a9 b# Z' _I turned my collar to the cold and damp
% {+ p" O4 G% {! }' [9 F9 yWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

* N* l9 V' A/ ?And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
* `* O- U2 F+ b3 uPeople talking without speaking,
: l8 E2 v' W2 ]+ d1 lPeople hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
( D$ \# V( n' l1 Z9 [4 g- u5 rAnd no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.

% k! ?! N: }/ Z( R/ c2 ?Fools said i,you do not know
% S; D) I' d+ Y; O( u: }Silence like a cancer grows.
# q7 G& Y/ ?3 }8 B: gHear my words that I might teach you,
: J/ R1 i2 I  }: r0 STake my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
+ z* i9 {! _0 C" P3 y0 c: P+ hAnd echoed
7 Y% q' V% X' [# D& _+ W9 bIn the wells of silence
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And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
" q: m0 D9 c4 x# @* w( s! |( ?And the sign flashed out its warning,
- a  L" p) W9 ]% a: dIn the words that it was forming.
* j1 [' y* |* O% ]6 F' pAnd the signs said, the words of the prophets
, K: s3 ^9 d/ cAre written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
3 X8 `/ o) v2 ]; SAnd 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 ]