To the tune of ‘Sound of Silence’ by Garfunkel
Based on the lyrics by Paul Simon
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Came to me while I was sleeping,
And the vision that had plagued my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of chaos.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Streets of sulfur and brimstone,
'Neath light from unfamiliar stars,
I turned my face from those behind the bars
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a blinding light
That split the night
And touched the sound of chaos.
And in the horrid light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People moving without traveling,
People thinking without wondering,
People fleeing from things that were never there
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of chaos
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Chaos like a terror grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent missiles fell,
And echoed
In the wells of chaos.
And the people bowed and prayed
To the terror god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The blood of the martyrs
is splattered on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of chaos.