Asus² (D D U U D U)

Am Hello darkness my oldG^add friend, I've come toG talk with you aAm gain

Because aC vision softlyF creeping, left its seed while I wasF sleepC ing

And theF vision, that was planted in myC brain, still reAm mains

C Within theG sound ofAm silence

In restless dreams I walked aG lone, narrow streets of cobbleAm stone

'Neath theC halo of aF streetC lamp, I turned my collar to theF cold andC damp

When myF eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neonC light, that split theAm night

C And touched theG sound ofAm silence

And in the naked light IG saw, ten-thousand people maybeAm more

PeopleC talking withF out speakC ing, people hearing withF out listenC ing

People writingF songs, that voices neverC share, and no oneAm dared

C Disturb theG sound ofAm silence

"Fools" said I "you do notG know, silence like a cancerAm grows

Hear myC words that IF might teachC you, take my arms that IF might reachC you"

But myF words, like silent raindropsC fell,Am andC echoed, in theG wells ofAm silence

And the people bowed andG prayed, to the neon god theyAm made

And theC sign flashed outF its warnC ing, in the words that itF was formC ing

And the signs said "TheF words of the prophets are written on the subwayC walls

And tenementAm halls," andC whisper'd in theG sounds ofAm silence

Am (D D U U D U)