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