Sounds of Silence-Ray Conniff

[ti:Sounds of Silence] [ar:Ray Conniff] [al:Honey] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sounds of Silence (寂静之声) - Ray Conniff (雷康·尼夫) [00:03.84]Hello darkness my old friend [00:05.14] [00:07.61]I've come to talk with you again [00:09.07] [00:11.83]Because a vision softly creeping [00:14.19] [00:16.43]Left its seeds while I was sleeping [00:18.78] [00:20.90]And the vision that was planted in my brain [00:25.47] [00:27.24]Still remains [00:27.73] [00:30.41]Within the sound of silence [00:33.42] [00:36.13]In restless dreams I walked alone [00:37.70] [00:40.63]Narrow streets of cobblestone [00:42.03] [00:45.03]'Neath the halo of a street lamp [00:47.26] [00:49.08]I turned my collar to the cold and damp [00:51.43] [00:53.54]When my eyes were stabbed by [00:55.88]The flash of a neon light [00:57.96] [00:59.82]That split the night [01:00.68] [01:03.04]And touched the sound of silence [01:06.10] [01:08.41]And in the naked light I saw [01:10.01] [01:12.69]Ten thousand people maybe more [01:14.03] [01:17.02]People talking without speaking [01:19.09] [01:21.26]People hearing without listening [01:23.42] [01:25.53]People writing songs that voices never share [01:31.04] [01:32.98]And no one dared [01:34.02] [01:35.98]Disturb the sound of silence [01:38.75] [01:41.64]"Fools" said I "You do not know [01:43.08] [01:45.53]Silence like a cancer grows [01:47.09] [01:49.84]Hear my words that I might teach you [01:52.00] [01:54.00]Take my arms that I might reach you" [01:56.16] [01:57.89]But my words like silent raindrops fell [02:02.46] [02:07.19]And echoed [02:07.70] [02:08.96]In the wells of silence [02:11.24] [02:14.27]And the people bowed and prayed [02:16.01] [02:18.26]To the neon god they made [02:19.55] [02:22.29]And the sign flashed out its warning [02:24.46] [02:26.35]In the words that it was forming [02:28.63] [02:30.67]And the sign said [02:32.07]"The words of the prophets are [02:34.31]Written on the subway walls [02:36.14] [02:37.91]And tenement halls" [02:38.62] [02:40.57]And whispered in the sounds of silence