Sound of silence

billzhao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
) P. J$ h1 `. [5 ]* ^Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
6 R* J5 o7 e- d% YAnd the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
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In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
! C; |: }! S- x+ }4 x) mI turned my collar to the cold and damp
! t; q" l" j1 g( [% _When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
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& h+ k- S( F4 n" N9 YAnd in the naked light I saw
; o( C4 O# M0 L( u5 M( u! y6 o+ FTen thousand people, maybe more.
  [5 l& G% _$ L+ O+ UPeople talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
8 v; z1 a: `( Q( q$ |6 OPeople writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
  v% p- T3 `* V# dDisturb the sound of silence.

5 K% F) [: S4 g4 M- EFools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
6 B3 L3 |2 e+ l. |) Z& STake my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
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7 B# s. a) ?- P% g0 R0 u" R, @And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
5 e* X2 t+ h! T' UIn the words that it was forming.
$ k3 j' J( `4 C, b* f( ~, ~And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
  V% X$ h& p0 `5 PAnd tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

沧海月明

Sound Of Silence
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% Y9 `( [$ V0 g[ 本帖最后由 沧海月明 于 2007-11-26 03:38 编辑 ]