I think I have become one of the hollow men   As I shine on the outside more these days   I can feel the outside feeding on my inside   Leaves a growing, darkness in it's place      I think I have become one of the hollow men   I think I have become one of the lonely   Now that everybody talks to me   I feel I have become one of the empty      Hollow men can stop you with the twinkling of an eye   Hollow men can take you without even reaching out   Hollow men have got you long before you realize   The poison paralyzes      I think I have become one of a pair of men   It's a feeling I've been having for some time   I look down upon myself and watch my movements   A blind eye sees the fragile vandalized      Watch this cold world dishing up these endless hollow men   Find us anywhere you look, come and meet our friends   Stand us in our silly clothes, put our batteries in   Line us up like fairground ducks, watch us grin and grin      See the lies behind our eyes   See the will to win   We'll buy you and we'll sell you   But perhaps we'll save your skin      Sit quietly and listen to the breeze   The hollow and the lonely listen too   Sniff the air for something we can use   We're thin hard and we rattle when we're shaken