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you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
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Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
I think he means that there's nothing to be done. It's a metaphor for hopelessness because, if it's dark (metaphor for bad feelings, and depression, or anger + hate or just the absence of feelings) there's nothing to be seen EXCEPTING THE DARK, so there no light, and there is no hope.
Can you hear the silence? If there is silence, there is nothing to listen to, but the silence. And add to the line about see the dark, he could be saying that there is nothing to hear, not one single supportive line said to him , that can see the dark and is questioning us if we can too, maybe to find support in the people that are listening to him singing.