And touch the sound of silenceAnd in the naked light I sawTen thousand people maybePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songsTheir voices never sharedAnd no one daredDisturb the sound of silenceFools said, ah, you do not knowSilence like a cancer growsHear my words and I'ma hide, teach youPlay my arms and I'ma hide, reach youBut my words, like silent raindrops fellAnd echoed in the windFrom silenceAnd the people bowed and prayedTo the neon god they madeAnd the sign flashed out in its warningAnd the words that it was formingAnd the signs and the words of the prophetsAre written on the subway wallsAnd tenement hallsAnd whisperedIn the soundOf silenceAnd in the naked light I sawTen thousand people maybePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songsTheir voices never sharedAnd no one daredDisturb the sound of silenceFools said, ah, you do not knowSilence like a cancer growsHear my words and I'ma hide, teach youPlay my arms and I'ma hide, reach youBut my words, like silent raindrops fellAnd echoed in the windRock, like silent raindrops fellFrom silenceOf silenceAnd in the naked light I sawTen thousand people maybePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songsThat voices never shareAnd no one dareDisturb the sound of silence*