The Sound of Silence
Brothers 3 Lyrics

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I am familiar with negative emotions and I accept them as a regular part of my life.

I've come to talk with you again,
I willingly choose to confront my negative feelings and engage with them.

Because a vision softly creeping,
A mental image or idea has entered my consciousness without warning or effort.

Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
The vision had a lasting effect on me, even though I was not consciously aware of it at the time.

And the vision that was planted in my brain
The mental image or idea has taken root in my mind and has a strong hold on my thoughts.

Still remains
The memory of the vision persists and continues to influence me.

Within the sound of silence.
My inner monologue and contemplation are where the influence of the vision resides.

In restless dreams I walked alone
I experience anxiety and uncertainty in my subconscious state.

Narrow streets of cobblestone,
My anxious subconscious state feels particularly challenging and difficult to navigate.

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I am in a dark and unenlightened mental state that is heightened by the dim light of a street lamp.

I turned my collar to the cold and damp
I adopted a self-protective stance to deal with the difficulties I am experiencing.

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
An unexpected and jarring event intruded upon my conscious state and disrupted my inner thoughts.

That split the night
The unusual occurrence was intense enough to cleave through the darkness I was experiencing.

And touched the sound of silence.
The event had enough emotional potency to cut through my inner monologue and momentarily halt my thought processes.

And the people bowed and prayed
The people around me became reverent and devout as a reaction to the event.

To the neon god they made.
They seem to have created a deity out of the bright, sudden occurrence that had an impact on them.

And the sign flashed out its warning
The sudden event conveyed an urgent message to those around it.

In the words that it was forming.
The message conveyed in this unusual occurrence was conveyed through its unusual form.

And the sign said,
The unusual event conveyed a message that people interpreted as coming from a divine or supernatural source.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
The message I received is a common theme or idea that has been conveyed by various people throughout history and across cultures.

And tenement halls
Even in the most humble and lowly places, these messages have appeared.

And they were written in the sound of silence.
These powerful messages have been able to break through the silence and have a deep and lasting impact on individuals and society as a whole.