Emiliana Torrini The Sound Of Silence Lyrics

The Sound Of Silence Lyrics

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 dare

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

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 whisper'd in the sounds of silence.