And touch the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
Their voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
Fools said, ah, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words and I'ma hide, teach you
Play my arms and I'ma hide, reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wind

From silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out in its warning
And the words that it was forming
And the signs and the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered
In the sound
Of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
Their voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
Fools said, ah, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words and I'ma hide, teach you
Play my arms and I'ma hide, reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wind
Rock, like silent raindrops fell
From silence
Of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
That voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
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