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Now I was feeling like a total giant!
But now it feels like Silvius Brabo has sliced my hand off
and thrown it in the river!
Now I was just doing my job,
my feet sink into the bed of the Scheldt
but now my fingers are reeling about with the fishes
I know I'm not making any sense
(no you're not)
all will be revealed
(well I hope so)
all will be revealed if we travel
back in time
I've got to rest, it's for the best.
To build a nest, to take the quest.
To be given just one chance, to be
the best.
Go forth and re-colonize.
It appears the foundations
of all our great nations
are lies and indoctrinations.
So if Silvius Brabo collects the hands of giants
will you join him?
But now it feels like Silvius Brabo has sliced my hand off
and thrown it in the river!
Now I was just doing my job,
my feet sink into the bed of the Scheldt
but now my fingers are reeling about with the fishes
I know I'm not making any sense
(no you're not)
all will be revealed
(well I hope so)
all will be revealed if we travel
back in time
I've got to rest, it's for the best.
To build a nest, to take the quest.
To be given just one chance, to be
the best.
Go forth and re-colonize.
It appears the foundations
of all our great nations
are lies and indoctrinations.
So if Silvius Brabo collects the hands of giants
will you join him?
Lyrics submitted by WallnutBoy
Antwerpen Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The start of the song is about a legend where Silvius Brabo defeated a giant guarding the river Schledt and cut his hand off and threw it in the river. I'm not sure about exactly what this means in terms of the indoctrinations etc, but maybe saying that the colonisation of many places was very violent and that the foundations of these nations came at a cost to the previous inhabitants, the passage of time has turned these things into legends and not for what truly occurred. Just my thoughts. Pretty cool song too.