An instant is a infinitesimal moment in time, a moment whose passage is instantaneous.
The continuous nature of time and its infinite divisibility was addressed by Aristotle in his Physics where he wrote on Zeno's paradoxes. The philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell was still seeking to define the exact nature of an instant thousands of years later.
In physics, a theoretical lower-bound unit of time called the Planck time has been proposed, that being the time required for light to travel a distance of 1 Planck length. The Planck time is theorized to be the smallest time measurement that will ever be possible, roughly 10−43 seconds. Within the framework of the laws of physics as we understand them today, for times less than one Planck time apart, we can neither measure nor detect any change. As of May 2010, the smallest time interval that was directly measured was on the order of 12 attoseconds (12 × 10−18 seconds), about 1024 times larger than the Planck time. It is therefore physically impossible, with current technology, to determine if any action exists that causes a reaction in "an instant", rather than a reaction occurring after an interval of time too short to observe or measure.
Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and frontman of The Strokes. Casablancas pursued a solo career during The Strokes' hiatus, releasing the album Phrazes for the Young on November 3, 2009.
Julian Casablancas was born in New York City, to Spanish American business mogul John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, and Jeanette Christiansen, a former model and onetime Miss Denmark. His paternal grandfather, Fernando Casablancas, was a well-known textile businessman. His parents divorced and his mother subsequently married painter Sam Adoquei. Adoquei helped shape Casablancas' early musical taste by exposing him to music such as The Doors, which was markedly different from the mostly Phil Collins-influenced music he listened to as a child. In 2005, Julian married the assistant to the Strokes' manager, Juliet Joslin. In 2010, they welcomed a son, Cal Casablancas.
The first member of The Strokes Casablancas met was Nikolai Fraiture, who attended Lycée Français de New York with him (Fraiture graduated in 1997, Casablancas in 1996). When he was 14, Casablancas' father sent him to Institut Le Rosey, an elite boarding school in Switzerland. There, he met future Strokes member Albert Hammond, Jr. Casablancas attended The Dwight School with two other future Strokes, Nick Valensi and Fabrizio Moretti. Casablancas never finished school, but continued to take music classes, where he says he first enjoyed himself in class.
Step inside my world
A world Where Chaos Reigns
Let the nightmares be your guide
Through this land of endless suffering
All Seekers of the Truth
Must rise to face this challenge
Together we shall exterminate
These Purveyors of Deception
We walk upon the fine line that divides order from chaos
A razor's edge on the brink of insanity
Behold, the end times are near
Our time grows short
We must prepare for the ordeals that lie ahead
While others sleep, chaos will breed
We must awaken
Surrounded by the mindless
And the hopelessly mundane
Hope not for a brighter future
Hope for a quick and merciful end
Where Chaos Reigns
Nameless, faceless, soulless
Beaten, broken, hopeless
In a furture so uncertain
Is our fate to be or not to be?
Behold, the end times are near
Our time grows short
We must prepare for the ordeals that lie ahead
While others sleep, chaos will breed
We must awaken
Surrounded by the mindless
And the hopelessly mundane
Hope not for a brighter future
I don't believe a word you say
You lying, worthless motherfuckers
You spread your twisted version of the truth
Like a disease through the population
Infecting everyone you come into contact with
Stop feeding us your lies
You're a group of pompous asses
Unthinking automatons
Spouting forth your ignorance
Lying to our faces
Do you take us for fools?
We see right through your deception
You drive a wedge between the people of this world
You've spent your life sowing the seeds of discord
Divide and conquer
Your method of control
Keep us all in fear
Keep us fighting each other
Hear what you want us to hear
See what you want us to see
Controlling our subjective reality
Disinforming
Desensitizing
Creating apathy
Draining our energy
Hear what you want us to hear
See what you want us to see
Controlling our subjective reality
Divide and conquer
Your method of control
Keep us all in fear
Keep us fighting each other
Misery magnified
Suffering glorified
You drive a wedge between the people of this world
slowly, open the eyes, to see th esuffering
all the visions lost, as all the pain is gathering
Sleeping in fear for my life, never awake but dreaming
insane, darkened, morbid, my dreams shall not leave me
slowly, open the gates, shadows appear again
into my pain I walk, a sinister anguish descends
agony piercing like nails, i suffer to please myself
turn inside of your mind, and heaven shall be hell...
receive the pain
stand to be alone
going insane
to each his own (pain)
receive the pain
stand to be alone
going insane
to each his own (pain)
I behold the stains
of blood upon my throne
for all is pain
to each his own (pain)
stare around, your ruined world
walk among the dying ones
infected with sorrow
sadness devours
no day of tomorrow
the eternal darkest hour
infected with sorrow
sadness devours
no day of tomorrow
the eternal darkest hour
for all is pain
to each his own (pain)
walk my dreams in endless journeys
torment my soul and i shall smile
for death is certain i know
my hell, my pain, to me my own (pain)
slowly, open the eyes, to see th esuffering
all the visions lost, as all the pain is gathering
Sleeping in fear for my life, never awake but dreaming
insane, darkened, morbid, my dreams shall not leave me
slowly, open the gates, shadows appear again
into my pain I walk, a sinister anguish descends
agony piercing like nails, i suffer to please myself
turn inside of your mind, and heaven shall be hell...
receive the pain
stand to be alone
going insane
to each his own (pain)
receive the pain
stand to be alone
going insane
to each his own (pain)
infected with sorrow
sadness devours
no day of tomorrow
the eternal darkness hour
infected with sorrow
sadness devours
no day of tomorrow
the eternal darkness hour
Almond eyes stare at me
Beckoning menacingly
Icy pools of blackness
Reflecting my horror
Demons of the cosmos
Malevolent entities
Sinister beings from Elsewhere
They've come for my soul
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
Neutralized
Dominated
Manipulated
Violated
Senses stricken
So surreal...
Is this a dream?
Unable to scream
What is being done to me?
Taken in the dark of night
Aboard a craft of immense proportions
Restrained by beings not of this earth
Thrust upon a table of steel
Blinding lights surround me
Burning my eyes
Slender fingers grasp at me
Rubbery flesh so pale and cold
My body probed, genetic samples taken
Devices implanted under my skin
My memory wiped
Traumatized then returned to my life
A life that will never be the same again
Recollection
Memory slowly returning
Reliving the horror in vivid detail
Doubting my own mind
Can I trust my senses
Is what I've been through real
Or am I just insane
Paranoia rampant
Knowing they could return at any time
Heed this warning, those with reason
For we are running out of time
We'll be powerless to halt their advance
Prepare yourself
The Threat is real
The Threat is here