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_ _ Tell the darkness my
D old friend, _ _ that you will not be
Am feared
Bm.
again,.
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Em _
G Because the vision
C softly
G creeping, _ _ left its seeds while I
C.
G was sleeping,.
_ And
C the vision _ that was planted in
G my brain, _ still _
Em remains _
G within
D the sound _
Em of silence.
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In restless dreams I
D walked alone, _ _ _ narrow streets
Em of cobblestone, _ _ .
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G Neath the halo
C of a
G street lamp, I turned my car to
C the cold
G damp,.
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C When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of any
G old light,.
That split the
Em night, _
G and
D touched the sound _
Em of _ silence.
And in the naked
D light I saw, _ ten thousand people,
Em maybe more, _ .
_ People
G talking
C without
G speaking, _ _ people hearing
C without _
G.
listening,.
_ People writing
C _ songs, that voices never
G share, and no one
Em dared,.
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G _
D Disturb the sound
Em of silence, _ _ fools
G that I
D did not know, _ _ .
Silence like a
Em panther grows, _ _ hear
G my words and
C I might teach
G you,.
Take my arms and I
C might reach out
G to you, run
C my words like silent
Em raindrops
G fell,.
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D Em And echoed
D in the
Em wells of silence, _ _ .
And the people
D bowed and prayed, _ _ to the neon
Em god they made, _ _ .
G And the signs
C lasted _
G swirling, _ in the words that it
C was
G forming, _ .
And the signs
C said the words of the prophets are written on the subway
G _ walls,.
And tenement
Em halls,
G and _ whispered in
D the _ sound
Bm _ .
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Em of
Bm E silence.
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