^AmHello darkness, my old fr^Giend, I've come to talk with you ^Amagain, Because a vision s^Foftly ^Ccreeping, Left its ^Amseeds while I w^Fas sle^Ceping, And the v^Fision that was planted in my bra^Cin Still r^Amemains Within the so^Gund of s^Amilence.

I^Amn restless dreams I walked a^Glone Narrow streets of cobble^Amstone, '^AmNeath the halo of a^F street l^Camp, I turned my co^Amllar to the c^Fold and d^Camp When my ^Feyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon l^Cight That split the ^Amnight And touched the ^Gsound of ^Amsilence.

^AmAnd in the naked light I sa^Gw Ten thousand people, maybe ^Ammore. ^AmPeople talking wit^Fhout spe^Caking, ^AmPeople hearing without^F listeni^Cng, People writing so^Fngs that voices never sh^Care And no one ^Amdare Disturb the s^Gound of s^Amilence.

^AmFools said I, you do not kn^Gow Silence like a cancer ^Amgrows. ^AmHear my words that I mi^Fght teach y^Cou, ^AmTake my arms that I mi^Fght reach yo^Cu. But my wo^Frds like silent raindrops f^Cell, And ec^Amhoed In the ^Gwells of ^Amsilence

^AmAnd the people bowed and p^Grayed To the neon God they ^Ammade. ^Am And the sign flashed out i^Fts warn^Cing, ^AmIn the words that it wa^Fs form^Cing. And the s^Amign said, the wo^Frds of the prophets Are writ^Ften on the subway wal^Cls And tenement ha^Amlls. And whispered in the s^Gounds of s^Amilence.