Hello darkness my old friend.
I've come to talk with you again.
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains with the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walk alone
Narrow streets of cobble stone
Beneath the hallo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked night I saw ten thousand people may be more
People talking without speaking hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence
"Fool" said I "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words like silent rain-drops fell
And echo-ed in the wells of silence
And the people bow and prayed
to the neon God they made
And the sign flash out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sings said "The words of the prophers are
written the subway walls and tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
晚上好，我的老朋友
我又来和你聊天了
因为幻想悄悄潜入
在我熟睡时播下了它的种子
那个扎根在我脑海里的幻想依然残存
于寂静之声中
在无休止的梦里我走在狭窄的街道上
在路灯的光晕下
我竖起衣领来抵御寒气
这时霓虹灯的闪光刺痛我的眼睛
划破夜空，点亮了寂静之声
在空旷的灯光下我看到了数不清的人群
他们无需说就能交谈
他们无需听就能听到
他们在谱写无声的歌曲
没人敢打破这寂静之声
“傻瓜”我说，“你们不知道寂静像毒瘤在蔓延
倾听我教给你们的话
拉住我伸给你们的手”
但我的话像寂静的雨滴落下
在寂静之墙里回响
人们对着自制的霓虹神鞠躬祈祷
神光通过其形成的文字闪出警告
“预言家的告诫
写在地铁的墙上和房屋的大厅里”
低语于寂静之声中
- 专辑：Watchmen (Music from the Motion Picture)
- 歌手：Soundtrack
- 歌曲：The Sound of Silence