I always thought it was:
"We were charged
with the pounding pulse
of a million years
and millions before us
have trembled in their fears"
Could be wrong though. Anyway, as others have said, I get that this is a song about spirituality and our connection with nature. I don't think the writer is so much relegious as they are spiritual and I think the use of the word angels in the title is more figurative than anything else. That seems obvious to me from the context of the song as a whole.
I also agree that this can be a song about love for one person as much as a song about being in love with the universe, and how those things overlap or interweave. My partner played this song to me the first time I ever heard it, even though I had introduced her to the band, and I the chorus always reminds me of her.
I always thought it was: "We were charged with the pounding pulse of a million years and millions before us have trembled in their fears"
Could be wrong though. Anyway, as others have said, I get that this is a song about spirituality and our connection with nature. I don't think the writer is so much relegious as they are spiritual and I think the use of the word angels in the title is more figurative than anything else. That seems obvious to me from the context of the song as a whole.
I also agree that this can be a song about love for one person as much as a song about being in love with the universe, and how those things overlap or interweave. My partner played this song to me the first time I ever heard it, even though I had introduced her to the band, and I the chorus always reminds me of her.