Parabola

{We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment We are choosing to be here right now, hold on, stay inside }

This precious moment.. is your immediate consciousness. What else is there in your universe!? You can't relive a memory, you can't live the future, you are aware in this present moment

You are choosing to experience the way you experience. you have a profound ability to influence the way you percieve reality

{This holy reality This holy experience, choosing to be here in }

not only are you here, but it is simply amazing that you are here. it's so amazing, it so defies our traditional rational way of thinking, that it's divine, holy, that we are alive and feeling this present moment

{This body This body holding me Be my reminder here that I am not alone in This body This body holding me }

his body holds him--"him" being his awareness. without his body, he has no memories, feelings/emotions, thoughts.

he is not alone? i am not sure what he means by this line

{Feeling eternal, all this Pain is an illusion }

explained at the end

{Swirling round with this familiar parable Spinning, weaving round each new experience}

our mind weaves our perception. this spinning, swirling, weaving, is making cognitive awareness seem like a spatial thing--thus, you can "travel" your mind

{Recognize this as a holy gift and Celebrate this chance to be Alive and breathing, the chance to be Alive and breathing }

again: not only are you here, but it is simply amazing that you are here. it's so amazing, it so defies our traditional rational way of thinking, that it's divine, holy, that we are alive and feeling this present moment

{This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion }

This is an interesting part. First his body reminds him of his mortality-he will die someday. But then we are eternal and should celebrate this moment. This could be referring to life after death. I prefer to think it's one of the most direct references he makes to psychedelia--a moment on a high dose of LSD (which he obviously wrote this song on--this philosophy in this song is closely tied to great LSD thinkers and their prose/poetry/narratives on philosophy) a moment on LSD can feel like an infinite amount of time. Time can slow more and more (and speed up) and explode into an "ocean of time". This goes back to the line {feeling eternal}

{Pain is an illusion}... this sounds like some form of enlightenment (bjork's coolest line: "i'm no fucking bhuddist, but this is..enlightenment!" this is also one of the most direct references to LSD

anyway.... awsome song. it relates exactly how i feel on my trips