[Ebm]

 

Hello darkness. my old [Db]friend.

I've come to talk with you ag[Ebm]ain.

Because a [Gb]vision soft[B]ly cr[Gb]eeping.

Left its seeds while I was [B]slee[Gb]ping.

And the [B]vision that was planted in my [Gb]brain

Still re[Ebm]mains

[Gb]Within The [Db]Sound Of [Ebm]Silence.

 

In restless dreams I walked al[Db]one

Narrow streets of cobbles[Ebm]tone.

'Neath the halo of a [B]street [Gb]lamp.

I turned my collar to the [B]cold and [Gb]damp

When my [B]eyes were stabbed by the flash of

a neon [Gb]light

That split the [Ebm]night

[Gb]And touched The [Db]Sound Of [Ebm]Silence.

 

And in the naked light I [Db]saw

Ten thousand people. maybe [Ebm]more.

People talking witho[B]ut spea[Gb]king.

People hearing without[B]　list[Gb]ening.

People writing [B]songs that voices never [Gb]share

And no one [Ebm]dare

[Gb]Disturb The [Db]Sound Of [Ebm]Silence.

 

"Fools" said I."You do not [Db]know

Silence like a cancer [Ebm]grows.

Hear my words that I mig[B]ht teach [Gb]you

Take my arms that I might [B]reach you."[Gb]

But my [B]words like silent raindrops [Gb]fell.[Ebm]

And [Gb]echoed

In the [Db]wells of [Ebm]silence

 

And the people bowed and [Db]prayed

To the neon god they [Ebm]made.

And the sign flashed out [B]its warn[Gb]ing.

In the words that it was[B]　form[Gb]ing.

And the signs said."The [B]words of the prophets

are written on the subway [Gb]walls

And tenement halls"[Ebm]

[Gb]And whisper'd in The So[Db]und Of [Ebm]Silence.