Verse 1
[Em] Hello darkness, my old [D] friend,
I've come to talk with you [Em] again,
Because a vision [C] soft [G] creeping,
Left it's [Em] seeds while I [C] was [G] sleeping,
And the [C] vision that was planted in my [G] brain
Still [Em] remains
Within the [D] sound of [Em] silence.
Verse 2
[Em] In restless dreams I walked [D] alone
Narrow streets of [Em] cobblestone,
[Em] 'Neath the halo of a [C] street [G] lamp,
I turned my [Em] collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp
When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon [G] light
That split the [Em] night
And touched the [D] sound of [Em] silence.
Verse 3
[Em] And in the naked light I [D] saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more.
[Em] People talking [C] without [G] speaking,
[Em] People hearing without [C] [G] listening,
People writing [C] songs that voices never [G] share
And no one [Em] dare
Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence.
Verse 4
[Em] Fools said i, you do not [D] know
Silence like a cancer [Em] grows.
[Em] Hear my words that I [C] might teach [G] you,
[Em] Take my arms that I [C] might reach [G] you.
But my [C] words like silent raindrops [G] fell,
And [Em] echoed
In the [D] wells of [Em] silence
Verse 5
[Em] And the people bowed and [D] prayed
To the neon God they [Em] made.
[Em] And the sign flashed out [C] it's [G] warning,
[Em] In the words that it [C] was [G] forming.
And the [Em] sign said, the [C] words of the prophets
Are [C] written on the subway [G] walls
And tenement [Em] halls.
And whispered in the [D] sounds of [Em] silence.