The Sound of Light

People talking without speaking,People hearing without listening,People writing songs that voices never shareAnd no one dareDisturb the sound of silence.

And the people bowed and prayedTo 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 wallsAnd tenement halls."And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.