F#m E Hello darkness, my old friend F#m I've come to talk with you again D A Because a vision softly creeping F#m D A Left its seeds while I was sleeping F#m D D2 D A And the vision that was planted in my brain F#m E F#m Still remains within the sound of silence F#m E In restless dreams I walked alone F#m Narrow streets of cobblestone D A 'Neath the halo of a street lamp F#m D A I turned my collar to the cold and damp D D2 D A When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light F#m A That split the night F#m E F#m And touched the sound of silence F#m E And in the naked light I saw F#m Ten thousand people, maybe more D A People talking without speaking D A People hearing without listening D D2 D A People writing songs that voices never share F#m (A - F#m) And no one dare E F#m Disturb the sound of silence F#m E Fools said I, you do not know F#m Silence like a cancer grows D A Hear my words that I might teach you D A Take my arms that I might reach to you D D2 D A But my words like silent raindrops fell (F#m - A) E F#m And echoed in the wells of silence F#m E And the people bowed and prayed F#m To the neon God they made D A And the sign flashed out it's warning D A And the words that it was forming And the sign said D D2 D A The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls F#m And tenement halls E F#m And whispered in the sound of silence