0q6m 6,o 6,o 1o 1o 3o 3o Hello darkness my old 2w5 friend 0o 5,o 5,o 5,o 7,o 7,o 2o 2o I've come to talk with you a- 1w6m gain 0o 1o 1o 1o 3o1 3o 5o 5o Because a vision softly 6h4 5h1 creeping 0q 1o 1o 3o 3o 5o 5o left its seeds while I was 6h4 5h1 sleeping. 0q 1o 1o And the 6o4 6q. ~6q 6o 7o vision that was 1'o 1'q. 7o 6q. planted in my 5h.1 6o 5o brain still re- 3w6m mains 0o1 1o 1o 1o within the 5h.5 0o 7,o sound of 1o6m 6,q. ~6,h silence. 0o6m 6,o 6,o 6,o 1o 1o 3o 3o In restless dreams I walk a- And in the naked light I 2w5 lone saw 0o 5,o 5,o 5,o 7,o 7,o 2o 2o through narrow streets of cobble- ten thousand people maybe 1w6m stone more 0o 1o 1o 1o 3o1 3o 5o 5o beneath the halo of a people talking without 6q.4 5o ~5h1 street lamp speaking 0o 1o 1o 1o 3o 3o 5o 5o I turned my collar to the people hearing without 6q4 6o 5o ~5h1 cold and damp listening 0q 1o 1o when my people 6q4 6o 6o ~6q 6o 7o eyes were stabbed by the writing songs that 1'q 1'o 1'o 7o 6q. flash on a neon voices never 5h.1 6o 5o light split the shared no-one 3w6m night dared 0o1 1o 1o 1o and touched the disturb the 5h.5 0o 7,o sound of 1o6m 6,q. ~6,h silence. 0q6m 6,o 6,o 1o 1o 3o 3o "Fools," said I, "you do not 2w5 know 0q 5,o 5,o 7,o 7,o 2o 2o silence like a cancer- 1w6m grows. 0q 1o 1o 3o1 3o 5o 5o Hear my words that I might 6q.4 5o ~5h1 teach you 0q 1o 1o 3o 3o 5o 5o take my arms that I might 6q.4 5o ~5h1 reach you." 0q 1o 1o But my 6h.4 7q words like 1'o 1'q. 7o 6q. silent raindrops 5h.1 0q fell 0h6m 0q 0o 7,o and 1o1 1q. ~1q 1o 1o echoed in the 5h.5 0o 7,o wells of 1o6m 6,q. ~6,h silence 0q 6,o 6,o 1o 1o 3o 3o And the people bowed and 2w5 prayed 0q 5,o 5,o 7,o 7,o 2o 2o to the neon god they 1w6m made, 0q 1o 1o 3o1 3o 5o 5o sign flashed out its 6q.4 5o ~5h1 warning 0q 1o 1o 3o 3o 5o 5o in the words that it was 6q.4 5o ~5h1 forming 0q 1o 1o 3q 5o 5o and the signs said "the 6q4 6o 6o 6o 6o 7q words of the prophets are 1'o 1'o 1'o 1'o 7o 6q. written on the subway 5h1 ~5o 5o 6x 6x 5o walls and tenement 3h.6m 0o 7,o halls" and 1o1 1q. ~1q 1o 1o whisper'd in the 5h.5 0o 7,o sound of 1o6m 6,q. ~6,h silence. ~6,h 0h MusicXML: