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Hello darkness, my old friend.
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I've come to talk with you again.
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Because a vision softly creeping,
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Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
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And the vision that was planted in my brain,
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Within the sound of silence.
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In restless dreams I walked alone,
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Narrow streets of cobblestone.
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'Neath the halo of a streetlamp,
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I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
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When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
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That split the night,
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And touched the sound of silence.
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And in the naked light I saw,
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10,000 people, maybe more.
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People talking without speaking,
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People hearing without listening,
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People writing songs that voices never share,
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Disturb the sound of silence.