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 in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

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 raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
And the words that it was forming

And the sign said
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whispered in the sound of silence