Antwerp (English: /ˈæntwɜrp/ ( listen); Dutch: Antwerpen, [ˈɑnt.wɛr.pə(n)] ( listen); French: Anvers, [ɑ̃vɛʁ] or [ɑ̃vɛʁs]); Latin: Amberes [ˈɑm.bɛ.rɛs], is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province of Flanders. Antwerp's total population is 507,007 (as of 31 December 2011), making it the largest municipality in both Flanders and Belgium in terms of its population. Its total area is 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi), giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,449 km2 (559 sq mi) with a total of 1,190,769 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008. The inhabitants of Antwerp are locally nicknamed Sinjoren, after the Spanish honorific señor. It refers to the leading Spanish noblemen who ruled the city during the 17th century.
Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) in the period of the Dutch Revolt. It is located on the right (eastern) bank of the river Scheldt, which is linked to the North Sea by the estuary Westerschelde. The city has one of the largest seaports in Europe.
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger, whose “retro” style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion himself when recording. He is known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos.
He won the Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and most consecutive wins in one category for a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, BRIT Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. On December 1, 2011, Kravitz was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He played the role of Cinna in the film The Hunger Games.
Instinct driven diseased
Our failed creations
Breeding among the pure
Defiling our domain
As your human disguise
Wears out and fades
Separation takes place
An extinction awaits
The ill elements concealed
Will soon be revealed
We pardon you with demise
Purge our aura, burn the filth alive
Sui generis specie
Callous defunct souls
Cleansed into oblivion
The planet we'll purify
Sickness caused sickness
Non compos mentis fiends
Entrust yourselves to us
Remnants of a dead soul
Imprisoned in mine
Synodic periods spent
Possessed inside
Screams of a ghoul
Siren calls to glide
Out of this faint woe
To the immoral side
Immersed in nothingness
There's no morning light
In this realm I have built
In universe mute and blind
Stars of Nhagrad
Shine blue forevermore
Remains of purity
torn apart and left behind
A new era will rise
At rebirth, in demise
Dispersed in emptiness
This unlit eternal night
The universe mute and blind
I am the ghost in your tales
I am the demon in your head
I am the virus of the new world
I am the ghost in your tales
I am the demon in your head
I am the virus of new world
A disease you can't amend
Crucified with rusty nails
Abused with words unsaid
An empty stare fading through this shadowed realm
Sundown reflecting tomorrows dead days
There's no more light ...for me to shine
There's no more light
There's no more light
and the shape of life ...vanished away
And the sickness is revealed
The journey ends to reach humanity
We watch the world's demise
Corroding the wish for life
Damnations to see
To end all life serene
I believe it wept, as the colossal waters fell upon
The drain eternal to gather us down
There's no more pain ...for us to mourn
There's no more pain
There's no more pain
Where we could drown again
Never betray me
as soon as you breath me
Never despair me
With your luciferian hearts
Forever to keep thee
To follow me blindly
Eternal to burn thee
as once as the ruins of Rome
There's no more pain ...for us to mourn
Where we could drown again
I shall be your temple for the dead
A shrine to drain stigmas dry
There's no more pain ...for us to mourn
Where we could drown again
There's no more light
The shape of life ...vanished all away
I shall be your temple for the dead
A shrine to drain stigmas dry
And the sickness is revealed...
And the sickness is revealed
The journey ends to reach humanity
We watch the world's demise
Corroding the wish for life
Damnations to see
To end all life serene
And the sickness is complete
The journey ends to reach humanity
I saw the worlds demise
Hexed the world in black
And with deaths blessed bane
Five point shaped sign, symmetry of disgust
Stagnant malediction cast spirits away
Darken the golden sun, I am the new light
Illumination paradox
Falling deeper down, I feel the dusk on me
The moon and stars they hide their face from me
Marked with this sign upon my burning skin
I am the libertine
And they saw me fall as the morning star
Hiding the moon as morning light
I am who I am, I am who he made
To wander in the shade
To be blamed by the sins you make
All for your place in heaven to gain
I bring you the light, for shadows you desire
Lust spawn paths revealed, I guide you through the fire
You need me as much you need sin within
You are the libertine
And they saw me fall as the morning star
Hiding the moon as morning light
I am who I am, I am who he made
To wander in the shade
To be blamed by the sins you make
All for your place in heaven to gain
With the image of man, black eyed and spawned with
flies
I am the new light and you are in the shade
With earth in my mouth I'll embrace the world
Generations wait for a saint
I'll still be under the sun after you are long since
gone
With a hunger of freedom I'll strife in this barren
land
I bring you light, for shadows you desire
This is the paradox
You don't want to fall through the fire
Still you call me when sin burns within
Generations fail
Never to rise again
Behind the eyes of deceit
Turmoil in the synaptic code
Loss of innocence from sin
Cure for the dead sun within
Rapture burns the void
For suffering hides in silence
The obsolete sign of the cross
Destroys the ethereal shape of hope
A monarch for the mechanical god
The stir of echoes climb the prisoners wall
Circularity of the serpent sign
Hiding the dead sun fragment below
Obsolete is the voice of wonder
Empire for the fallen to rise
To praise the dead sun fragment
We are here for the pain
And darkness breaths the air
As a black cancer to reclaim
with a dead sun fragment within
Oh the frozen earth
Torn asunder by aeons dark
Suffocating, smiling, dying!!
The swords of havoc have been risen
Fragments of puzzles
Bit by bit gathered a vivid form
Deep down dwelling forlorn
A master rising above the stars
Human form illumination
Keeping the gates wide open
For those universal souls
They are what I've become
The bringer of havoc
Darkness descent
A masterpiece for the earth
Like a solar wind I sweep the world
And with the end of dawn
The betrayal of man
Becomes my part
Like a saint
Voices fade
This libertine feeds the melody
that our silence prevails
Last one to uphold
this stagnant void
...in peace
Like Abel beneath Cain
The lion upon its prey
Just another violent way
Rest assure, man will fall
beneath oblivions floor
But even the lions roar
will die beneath oblivions core
Disappear, the Desolate
This is the way
It all has to go
Can I find the strain?
For me to leave this void
Life inside delusion
Facades that will fall
Million hours spent
Blindfolded and torn
Cold staring statues
Garden of insanity
A smother precedes
The Eden's demise
Above us all
The black clouds gather
The burning rain falls down
Encircled by ruins of
Highest form of existence
Decadent souls collide
Ache in nothingness
The last lunation
Ignorance gone too far
Soon we will spin
Like neutron stars
Above us all
The black clouds gather
Air glow turns into fire
Above the sleeping world
Falls down ruin beyond the sun
Time has come for defeat
Monuments collapse, high-rises cave-in
The end is at hand
As foreseen
From the void
Befalls the wrath
The Universe has sent
Burning down
Tearing apart
Moon chains descent
Wiping of the plague on earth
The virulent disease
Fiery rain enlightens the gloom
Souls immersed in emptiness
Decay within, increasing hate
Finally fades, on disarray
In endlessness, soar the remains
Unfolds a dark cloud of plague
Squashed inside concrete tombs
In vain implore redemption
From the void
Befalls the wrath
The Universe has sent
Burning down
Tearing apart
Illuminate spheres in the dark
This visionary hope will die soon
Without the guiding light
silver spears breaking through
Sealed off
the eyes of gods
Shutdown daylight
The white disease
drained the oceans
Painted our horizon bleak
Beyond the heavens, is someone watching?
Our journey, hopeless and obscure
Will they help us rise
from this chaos and decline?
Under veils of steam
deadfall in the granite yards
Withers breath
Once eternal light turns blue
Shallow figures twisted
beyond the lunacy
Forlorn screams
A dead reality
It has felt like a thousand days and nights
Timelessness has blurred my senses
Chaotic beauty circling above my head
A halo of entities long since gone.
Silence and its heavy burden
Collapsing the gateways I try to reach.
And the wonder I have of my keep.
Where may this dying heart now sleep
Trapped within
Torn apart
Losing inner silence (falling down)
Linger through the sunken sun, as all else fails
Reaching out for sanity
An aeon pointing the way
Shown as a star above the shadowed dawn
Suddenly, the horizon is gone
I pass the shadows and move on...
A glimpse of a dawn
Foreboding of horrors coming forth
Ethereal were those vivid vistas
Marked by clandestines in darkness held
This is the time of the dead
Cracking the walls keeping me safe
Chaotic beauty circling above my head
Rips me away
Trapped within
Tearing apart
Losing inner silence (falling down)
Linger through the sunken sun, as all else fails
Inside the collapsing mind there's no way out
Ripping through the maze of denial and fear
The corridor with black painted doors
All closed and shut but one to take you back
All those shapes and silhouettes
Bearers of the darkness upon
Finally we'll fade away
A new way to strife through this life
Entering the dominion binding all lies
These darkened eyes
To defy all other light
I shall see everything... see everything
Right behind your eyes
Salvation found inside the abyss
Trapped inside your denial
Weak is the light
So it dies inside your eyes
All those shapes and silhouettes
Bearers of the darkness upon
Finally we'll fade away
Right behind your eyes
Salvation found inside the abyss
Trapped inside your denial
Weak is the light
Welcome to the realm of the dead
Back to where they wish to be
Messages from another life
No death lasts for eternity
Practicers of the sacred science
Seek the shapeless company
To reveal the secrets hidden in
Dimensions we cannot see... we cannot see
A language unheard before
Undead voices, explore
The threshold of death, I have met
The presence of the dead
You claim to have seen my destiny
So tell me what it is gonna be
Mislead my desire
All evil you admire... Liar! Liar!
Unconsciousness, take me to these
Places undreamt of awake
Face the mysteries
Manifestations of the deceased initiate... initiate
Hear me, I summon thee
From where all souls conspire
Speak and appear before me
The 28th day
She'll be bleeding again
And in lupine ways
We'll alleviate the pain
Unholy water
Sanguine addiction
Those silver bullets
A last blood benediction
It is her moon time
When there's iron in the air
A rusted essence
Woman may I know you're there
Unholy water
Sanguine addiction
Those silver bullets
A last blood benediction
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Don't spill a drop dear
Let me kiss the curse away
Yourself in my mouth
Will you leave me with your taste?
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Beware
The woods at night
Beware
The Lunar light
So in this gray haze
We'll be meeting again
And on that great day
I will tease you all the same
Unholy water
Sanguine addiction
Those silver bullets
A last blood benediction
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Hey wolf moon
Come cast your spell on me
Beware
The woods at night
Beware
Flying high between stars
With closed eyes in the dark
Reaching for the hazy moon
Screaming for the ruin
Painting mankind's doom
Grotesque images haunt me as I flow
Through this chaos and disorder man has grown
Falling deeper, sinking low
In a whirlpool of dead soul
Crashing down on remains
Of what is left of us
Planet wasted in vain
On cloud six
Our cores bleed
Yearn for the touch
Of something real
On cloud six
Our souls will cease
Within this havoc
Our faith is sealed
How did we end up
Roaming glass gazed?
How did we end up
In this hopeless phase?
Flying high between stars
With closed eyes in the dark
Reaching for the hazy moon
Screaming for the ruin
Painting mankind's doom
Grotesque images haunt me as I flow
Through this chaos and disorder man has grown
On cloud six
Our cores bleed
Yearn for the touch
Of something real
On cloud six
Our souls will cease
Within this havoc
Nothing ever changes...
Even if you're victorious...
Even if you're victorious...
You'll still be filled with the poison.
You got to break the chain of evil.
Even if you're victorious, you got to break the chain of
evil...
You got to break the chain of evil...
Even if you're victorious...
Even if you're victorious...
Even if you're victorious...
Oh well the sun go down
Celebration in the town tonight
All day long
They been slaughtering upon the stone
Share out the meat
Yeah, you really like to eat
Come on man, come follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Well, the priest he cries
Virgin ascending to the skies tonight
All day long
I have passed my time alone
And when the church bell rung
I stayed out on the tower
In a dying sun
Now come on man, come follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Well I don't need no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes I share the feast
So I drink up my wine
Yes and the song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight
Clear as the day
Now come on man, come follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Follow me home
Love hides in the strangest places
Love hides in familiar faces.
Love comes when you least expect it.
Love hides in narrow corners.
Love comes to those who seek it.
Love hides inside the rainbow
Love hides in molecular structures.
Love is the answer
Love is the answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love hides in the strangest places
Love hides in familiar faces.
Love comes when you least expect it.
Love hides in narrow corners.
Love comes to those who seek it.
Love hides inside the rainbow
Love hides in molecular structures.
Love is the answer
Love is the answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Love is my answer
Eyes for you
Dear i only have
Eyes for you
I only have
Eyes for you
Dear i only have
Eyes for you
I only have
ohhhhhh
ohh ohh ohhh
i am a soulbitch
baby say u're my soulbitch
ayyyyyyyyyyyy
ý say you're my soulbitch
uuuuuuuuuu
i am a soulbitch
say youre my soulbitch
Pictures of my mind,
them I can't forget.
Pictures of us,
I neither can forget.
Those old pictures,
I wish I could,
I wish I could,
forget.
I wish I could forget.
I wish I could forget.
Take it the way it is,
ain't no need to consider.
Don't care what you did,
you're only a consumer.
Prisoner to drugs and sweets,
free market for love and peace,
but don't forget the heartbeat,
how the heart really beats.
The consolation is
your endlessness,
how does it feel
to succeed less and less?
What helps me to survive
is your sickness,
You badly broken butterflies,
Well, clean up the dirt
There's just more dirt to clean up tomorrow
Make the beds you just have to make tomorrow
Wash the dishes, more to wash tomorrow
Make dinner, it just gets eaten. doesn't it?
The world keeps growing and feeding
Doesn't feed you, does it?
But, uh, how much can you take?
How much can you take before you snap?
How much can you take?
How much can you take?
How much can you take?
How much can you take before you snap?
Lying on your bed looking at the ceiling
Waiting for something to happen
And knowing all the time that you were meant
For something better.
Feeling it
Wanting it
But, uh, how much can you take?
How much can you take?
It was the day when they put her on the cover
They found the corpse in the back of a mercury
They got her laptop picking all the numbers
Trying to reach that they never meant to reach
They called it top doc messing with the data
Trying to help but they couldn't eventually
She's a rough cut
She's a top tough stuff
Were you thinking of me?
With a love like that
It was a night, a night just like the others
Picked up the pack that she always gave to me
She wore her lacquer top
Tripping undercover
Got in her car, just to never get back to me
Sneak in her room, she's missing on her lover
I really hope I can get away with it
She's a top cop
I want to believe in the nobility of the human spirit.
I want to believe the horrors we witness and the misery we feel is
temporary,
the manifestation of a dark demon's death rattle,
a demon that has marched ruthlessly across the planet for far too long.
I want to believe that we can no longer be seduced by its false promises
and as a result, it has fallen, never to rise again.
I want to believe that we will grant the beast a decent burial,
and will show it the respect it does not deserve.
I want to believe that we will mark its passing with the scattering of
seeds,
and in no way seek revenge as it would have wished.
I want to believe that in our newfound glory no new beast will take its
place,
and we can stand alone,
proud, yet wise enough not to let this feeling lead to a fall.
I want to believe that we can recognize each other,
befriend one another,
love one another,
and be certain that these new feelings will grow,
a gentle expanding universe with no boundaries.
I want to believe that we will fully deserve our place in this new eden.
I want to believe.
I want to believe all of these things.
I want to believe all of these things and more.
Day by day I won't get younger
I'm afraid I'm getting older
Life is always getting faster
Can't take me any higher
Escape from fun
Plan to see it all
What I was looking for
On one of those days
When everybody was seriously dramatic
Dissatisfied with something they can't change
Maybe they're still there all praying
For break in the weather
For break in the weather
(weather weather weather...)
People always talk about (weather weather weather...)
You can only talk about (weather weather weather...)
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
We can only talk about the weather
Ohh in summer you wish it was cooler
And in winter you wish it was milder
Conditions - they are never in your favour
(Wake up...)
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
We can only talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather
People always talk about the weather