Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of Cobblestone Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence Whoa, ho-ho, oh-ho oh, oh o Whoa-ho-ho-ho, whoa ho-ho oh! Whoa-ho-ho-ho, oh oh! Within the sound of silence And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence Whoa, ho-ho, oh-ho oh, oh o! Whoa-ho-ho-ho, whoa oh oh! Hey-ey Whoa-ho-ho-ho, hey, oh oh! Within the sound of silence