Fading Whispers

[intro] We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw (Alas!) Our dried voices when we whisper together are quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass (or rats' feet over broken glass) [bridge] Remember us-if at all-not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men (As the hollow men, The stuffed men) [chorus] This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends (Not with a bang but a whimper) [verse] Eyes I dare not meet in dreams In death's dream kingdom these do not appear (There, the eyes are) Sunlight on a broken column There, is a tree swinging and voices are (in the wind's singing) More distant and more solemn (than a fading star) As the hollow men The stuffed men [synth solo] [chorus] This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. [fade away] [sax solo] [outro] [fade away]