The sound of silence

 

Hello darkness, my old 1)______                                                      oscurità
I’ve come to 2)_______with you again
3) _______a vision softly creeping                                                    rabbrividire
Left its seeds while I was 4)________                                                semi
And the vision that was planted in my brain                                        cervello
Still remains
Within the 5)__________of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone                                                      agitati
Narrow 6)________of cobblestone                                                    ciottolose
‘Neath the halo of a Street 7)_______                                                alone
I turned my collar to the cold and damp                                              umidità
When my 8)______were stabbed by the flash of a neon light            colpiti
That split the night
And touched the sound of 9)________

And in the naked light I 10)_______                                                    pura
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without 11)__________
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices 12)________share
And no one dared                                                                                 osava
Disturb the sound of silence

Fools” said I                                                                                         stupidi
“You do not 13)________, silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might 14)____________you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my 15)__________like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence                                                                            pozzi

And the people bowed and prayed                                                        inchinavano
To the neon god they 16)_________
And the sign flashed out its warning                                                      avvertimento
In the words that it was forming
And the signs 17)_______
“The words of the prophets are written on the subway 18)_______
And tenement halls                                                                                 casamenti
And whispered in the sounds of silence                                                  sussurò

 

friend talk because sleeping sound streets lamp eyes  silence saw speaking never know teach words made said walls