In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned 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 share
And no one dare
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
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
But if I can't swim after fortey days
and my mind is crushed by the
thrashing waves
lift me up so high that I cannot fall
lift me up
lift me up- when I'm falling
lift me up- I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up- I need you to hold me
lift me up- and keep me from
drowning again.
Downpour on my soul
splashing in the oceanI'm losing controll
dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground
But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the
thrashing waves
lift me up so high that I cannot fall
lift me up
lift me up- when I'm falling
lift me up- I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up- I need you to hold me
lift me up- and keep me from
drowning again.
Calm the storms that drench my eyes
dry the streams still flowing
cast down all the waves of sin
and guilt that overthrow me
But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the
thrashing waves
lift me up so high that I cannot fall
lift me up
lift me up- when I'm falling
lift me up- I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up- I need you to hold me
lift me up- and keep me from
drowning again.
lift me up- when I'm falling
lift me up- I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up- I need you to hold me
lift me up- and keep me from
drowning again.