The Reckoning - 2003

Emptiness consuming me
 Head in hands
 I can hardly speak
 Looking for solitude 
 Lost in humanity
 Slow knowledge leads to suffering
 constant quest
 An endless dream
 Searching for inner peace
 Hidden so deep in me

 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man
 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man

 [bad word] knocking constantly
 Filling up my eyes
 For all to see
 Peace [bad word] some day
 I pray that it finds a way
 Darkness caressing my mind and soul
 My spirit's rejecting
 I'm feeling cold
 Emptiness goes away
 Flees with the night and days

 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man
 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man

 I'll rise up
 Like the phoenix from the ashes
 I'll float away
 With wisdom
 I turn away
 I turn away
 Hollow man
 Find yourself some other friend

 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man
 Don't wanna be a hollow man
 Ain't gonna be the hollow man