Songtext
This is the dead land
This is cactus land
Here the stone images are raised
Here they receive the supplication of a dead man's hand
Under the twinkle of a fading star
Is it like this?
In death's other kingdom
Waking alone at the hour
When we are trembling with tenderness
Lips that would kiss
Form prayers to broken stone
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
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
The eyes are not here
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms
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
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
Between the idea and the reality
Between the motion and the act
Falls the shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception and the creation
Between the emotion and the response
Falls the shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire and the spasm
Between the potency and the existence
Between the essence and the descent
For Thine is the Kingdom
