A Whimper - Selofan

we are the hollow men
we are the stuffed men
we are the hollow men
we are the stuffed men

between the idea
and the reality
falls the shadow

between the emotion
and the response
falls the shadow

between the desire
and the existence
falls the shadow

between the essence
and the descent
falls the shadow

shape without form
shade without color
paralysed force (x2)

this is the way the world ends (x6)

not with a bang
but with a whimper
in the shadow

* originally by ts eliot