Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again Because the vision's awfully crippling, like I said while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains within the sound of silence In restless dream I walk alone, narrow street or covered storm Meet the halo of a street lamp, I turn my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stared by the first of a neon light The speed of light enters the sound of silence And in the making light I saw, ten dozen people maybe more People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening People writing songs, their voices never shared And no one there disturbed the sound of silence Those that I hate do not know, silence like a cancer grows Take my words that I might achieve, take my arms that I might achieve But my worst life's saddest winter felt In a world of silence