Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In reckless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turn my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And 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 shared And no one dared disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know 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 In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls In tenement halls" And whispered in the sound of silence

My balance was gone, but so was the pain Was waitin' around, but you never came So I ran into Tony He grabbed on my body I told him I missed you He told me he loved me And hey, I liked the way he said my name That's all he had to say The damage is done, but so is the wait And I tried not to run cause it would be a mistake But it would be a mistake if I just took my time Cause I'd be waiting around just to pay for your crimes And hey, I know what it takes to be wrong but it feels all right to me Even though I know you let me down I don't know why I can't come around And even though I know my mind is sound Couldn't walk away from what I've found Your honesty's good but too much is bad And I've been trying to hold on to something I've never had Cause I've never had you just as I have you now That you're afraid of losin' but you're not scared enough Hey wait, you wipe that smile right off of your face Cause I don't know where it came from Even if I know I won't be found I will still be hiding underground Even if I go outside I find You've already left me far behind Even when this song comes crashing down I don't wanna hear another sound No I don't wanna hear another sound

Я не хочу себя обманывать, Что звёзды падая - мне улыбаются. Слова прекрасные-напрасные, Как не почувствовать - любовь кончается. Ты подбирал так много ключиков, Но не смог открыть меня и не стоит мучаться. Хотел, чтоб я была доверчива Всегда безропотна не слишком опытна. Почему-то задержалось лето, Почему-то не ждала тебя. Скоро сам узнаешь всё об этом От цветов и солнца, от грозы и от дождя. Очень кстати задержалось лето Удивительно, - не жаль тебя Так хочу, чтоб ты узнал об этом От цветов и солнца, от грозы и от дождя, От дождя... Мне трудно будет объяснить тебе, Что так давно вдвоём - нам не мечтается. Свидания нежные-ненужные Как не почувствовать - любовь кончается. Ты потерял так много ключиков, Что не смог закрыть меня и не стоит мучаться. Хотел, чтоб я была доверчива Всегда безропотна не слишком опытна. Почему-то задержалось лето, Почему-то не ждала тебя. Скоро сам узнаешь всё об этом От цветов и солнца, от грозы и от дождя. Очень кстати задержалось лето Удивительно, - не жаль тебя Так хочу, чтоб ты узнал об этом От цветов и солнца, от грозы и от дождя, От дождя...

I know that I'm wrong And now we're both sitting in silence But if it's alright I'll wrap myself around your cold shoulder You think you know me But do you really? Something you do, something you say We don't talk about it You think you know me But do you really? There's something about you There's something about you (We don't talk about it) A bull without horns I said nothing, so how come I'm blushin' And though you are warm The cold lingers on the tip of your fingers You think you know me But do you really? Something you do, something you say We don't talk about it You think you know me But do you really? There's something about you There's something about you Oh, you couldn't change this mountain Got me here chasing the sound but I just hear fractions Oh, you couldn't change this mountain Got me here facing the sun but I just need direction You think you know me (you think you know me) But do you really? (But do you really-ey, ey-ey?) Something you do, something you say (something you do, something you say) We don't talk about it (we don't talk about it) You think you know me (you think you know me) But do you really? (But do you really?) There's something about you (there's something about you) There's something about you (there's something about you) (We don't talk about it)

Let's not make this complicated, I know you Last night I had the strangest dream That you knew me too But you need to wake up I can tell you disappeared Just like my parents' house I've become a visitor In the nights you say That you go underwater But you won't take me, no You won't drown with your lover You told me that I wasn't available I guess I wasn't, I was incapable I want to do better this time But I guess you're better in the back of my mind Oh you need to wake up I can tell you disappeared Just like my parents' housе I've become a visitor My mothеr said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed My mother said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed (Guess what, we're doing this again) My mother said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed (Guess what, we're doing this again) My mother said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed (Guess what, we're doing this again) My mother said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed (Guess what, we're doing this again) My mother said I was always afraid of the dark But I'm not, I don't mind having a ghost in my bed

Feel the oceans as it breathes Shivering teeth See the mountains where they meet Smothering me As the wind fends off the waves I count down the days Heavy stones fear no weather I find comfort in the sound And the shape of the heart How it echoes through the chest From under the ground As the hills turn into holes I fill them with gold Heavy stones fear no weather And from the rain Comes a river running wild that will create An empire for you Illuminate There's a river running wild that will create An empire for you An empire for two An empire for you An empire for two And I paint your body black I hide in your hair And you're staring back at me Like I wasn't there As our bodies become stills We welcome the fear Heavy stones fear no weather And from the rain Comes a river running wild that will create An empire for you Illuminate There's a river running wild that will create An empire for you An empire for two An empire for you An empire for two And from the rain Comes a river running wild that will create An empire for you Illuminate There's a river running wild that will create An empire for you An empire for two An empire for you An empire for two