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[00:28.04]Hello darkness, my old friend
[00:32.29]I've come to talk with you again
[00:36.52]Because a vision softly creeping
[00:41.38]Left its seeds while I was sleeping
[00:45.53]And the vision that was planted in my brain
[00:52.28]Still remains
[00:55.83]Within the sound of silence
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[01:05.90]In restless dreams I walked alone
[01:10.35]Narrow streets of cobblestone
[01:14.91]Neath the halo of a street lamp
[01:18.88]I turned my collar to the cold and damp
[01:23.37]When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night
[01:32.70]And touched the sound of silence
[01:39.00]And in the naked light I saw
[01:43.03]Ten thousand people, maybe more
[01:47.54]People talking without speaking
[01:51.39]People hearing without listening
[01:56.05]People writing songs that voices never share
[02:03.69]And no one dared to disturb the sound of silence
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[02:18.04]“Fool”, said I, “You do not know,
[02:22.36]Silence like a cancer grows”
[02:26.77]Hear my words and I might teach you
[02:30.90]Take my arms and I might reach you
[02:35.12]But my words like silent raindrops fell
[02:44.42]And echoed in the wells of silence
[02:52.00]And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made
[03:00.08]And the sign flashed out its warning in the words that it was forming
[03:08.67]And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
[03:19.55]And whispered in the sounds of silence
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