PTSD Patrol Disturbing the Sound of Silence

PTSD Patrol

Kathie Costos

July 30, 2020 

I have come to disturb the silence that traps you.

I have come to break down the wall it built and free you.

I have come because others came to set me free. (Kathie Costos)

Disturb the water by casting a stone and cause ripples of healing! #BreakTheSilence and#TakeBackYourLife from #PTSD

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa 

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 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 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
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Paul Simon
The Sound of Silence lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group