Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q

Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
  G) ^+ T' c3 W  ^' u' q& aLeft its seeds while I was sleeping,
6 Y$ E+ D9 b+ @2 [" rAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
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# L: x" X3 k; M+ \; x) q& \3 CIn restless dreams I walked alone
/ Y# b$ Y0 p  R% B2 D' }6 }Narrow streets of cobblestone,
1 x; ^' Q* A0 a. ^$ M% Aneath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
5 F7 S" b- @1 m+ M4 ?A neon light
That split the night
) y$ U7 P+ e6 Y- _, J& I: z% vAnd touched the sound of silence.

8 R* y& {, ]$ Z1 }$ P- OAnd in the naked light I saw
" R8 D7 G  w/ I3 nTen thousand people, maybe more.
2 s5 P/ q. _# g* w# r+ wPeople talking without speaking,
. [1 C. n: z- U. U! W8 t  [1 D# ?4 zPeople hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
/ r, c; w2 k$ y5 K; }3 ?Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
6 d( V7 q1 v0 o5 wHear my words that I might teach you,
4 D8 O# q7 G+ q3 n8 Y. OTake my arms that I might reach you.
0 H8 v$ M2 k2 jBut my words like silent raindrops fell,
) P2 a! W0 a, {& D! Y3 RAnd echoed
$ ]7 K. _1 C1 s) P6 @: XIn the wells of silence
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And the people bowed and prayed
& Z5 J. T6 h' uTo the neon God they made.
2 Y7 G% E1 b% H+ T; X. A% |And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence

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# j6 I9 p& @. r! w' k[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]