Trivia: Apparently the spoken words on this is from a reading of the
Bardo Thodol, also known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Transcribed “lyrics” below:
"Anything that has a shape will crumble away.
Anything in a flock will disband.
We're all like bees alone in this world.
Buzzing and searching, with no place to rest.
So we offer this prayer:
Delusions are as various as the reflections of the moon on a rippling sea.
Beings so easily become caught in a net of confused pain.
May I develop compassion, boundless as the sky,
So that all may rest in the clear light of their own awareness.”
“We are here to help you.
Listen to me carefully."
[Spoken words in the background. Likely in a Tibetic language.]
"Now is the time for you to pay close attention.
Do not be afraid, you are dying.
And the four great elements of your body are collapsing one into the other.
It feels as if you were being crushed by mountains,
tossed by waves, scorched and carried off by a strong wind.
This is the bardo of dying.
It is important now to recognize your own nature.
Do not resist this.
Do not be afraid.
Oh son of noble family,
The time of death has arrived.
Now let your compassion be limitless as space.
Let your mind be at peace.
Rest in this, the vast, empty luminosity of mind itself."
("..in this, the vast, empty luminosity of mind itself.")
"Earth collapses into water,
Water collapses into fire,
Fire collapses into air,
And air dissolves into consciousness.
Then there is an experience of piercing luminosity:
Pure white light.
The clear radiance that arises from the direct experience of one's own basic nature."
("No direction and no shape,
Only brilliant light.
This boundless, sparkling radiance is mind.
Free from the shadows of birth and death,
Free from boundaries of any kind.")
"No direction and no shape,
Only brilliant light.
This boundless, sparkling radiance is mind.
Free from the shadows of birth and death,
Free from boundaries of any kind.
Now, all-pervasive light engulfs you completely.
All of space is dissolved into pure light.
This radiance is the mind of all the Buddhas,
All the awakened ones.
To recognize this is all that is necessary."
("To recognize this is all that is necessary.
To recognize this is all that is necessary.
To recognize this is all that is necessary.")
"At death, we lose everything we thought was real."
("..At death, we lose everything we thought was real.
..At death, we lose everything we thought was real.")
"Unless we can let go of all the things we cherished in our life,
we are terrified."
(.."Unless we can let go of all the-")
"If we cannot stop struggling to hold on to our old life.
..All our fear and yearning will drag us into yet another painful reality."
Transcribed lyrics below: (There’s a higher than average margin of error on this one as most of the vocals are super quiet in the mix. Feedback is appreciated.)
[0:09-0:22]
"..business sucked..
..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow.."
[0:30-1:10]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine..
And was probably an important innovation..
Sometime before we would use them..
In principle, your little known business sucked..
..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow.." (Ooooh..)
[1:20-2:00]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (..You.. are..)
"And was probably an important innovation..
Sometime before we would even use them..” (..You.. are..)
In principle, your little known business sucked..
..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (..were..)
[2:07-2:44]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.. "
(I.. I had.. I had no idea..) (..wait!)
"And was probably an important innovation.."
(..No..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.."
(I had no idea.. I.. I had no.. idea..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked..
..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
[2:54-3:34]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (..first ..first..)
"And was probably an important innovation..
Sometime before we would even use them..
In principle, your little known business sucked.."
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(..I had no idea) (..wait!) (..no..) (I had no.. I had no idea..)
[3:43-4:28]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.."
"And was probably an important innovation.."
(..was ..was)(..was ..was)
(You.. are...)
"Sometime before we would even use them..
In principle, your little known business sucked.."
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(You.. are.. we are.. here with me..)
(..celebrate..)
[4:30-5:16]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.."
(You..) (..were...)
"And was probably an important innovation.. "
(..You were..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.."
(..use them.. them..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.." (..sucked..)
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(You..) (So.. you.. were.. here..)
[5:18-5:55]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.."
(..To.. home..)
"And was probably an important innovation..
Sometime before we would even use them.." (..Aaaaah..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.."
(..So.. we are..)
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(..So.. we were.. seen..)
[6:06-6:44]
"The abacus was the first true calculating machine.."
(You are..)
"And was probably an important innovation.."
(So..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.."
(We wait..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked..
..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(..So..)
[6:55-7:25]
("The abacus was the first true calculating machine..
And was probably an important innovation..)
(Sometime before we would even use them..)
(So.. we wait..)
(In principle, your little known business sucked..")
- I had no idea.. (..I had no idea)
I had no idea.. (..I had no idea)
Wrong..! (..I had no idea) (..I had no idea)
I had no.. (..I had no idea!)
(..I had.. I had..)
[0:00 to 4:23 - Morse code that I have not had time to decipher. Pretty sure there is some "OM" in there.]
[5:27 to 6:55]
(“Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon..”) [x 33]
[6:07 to 10:44 - Spoken part is very quiet and mostly obscured in the ambience. High risk of error on this part.]
("Turn.. Turn.. Low.. All the way.. Holy fuck.. Turn motion low.. Slow.. Infinite.. Peace.. In the.. dark.. Time.. Slowly..
Have we met a challenge truly?.. And all the world clicks.. Have we?.. Truly?.. And.. All the world low.. Slow..
..Patience.. to.. learn.. We move.. Towards.. The end.. Tune in.. Afterall, you will follow.. Love..")
(Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love,)
(Do you find? Do you find? Do you find? Do you find? Do you find?
Do you find? Do you find? Do you find? Do you find? Do you find?)
[10:14 - From this point there is some music playing backwards in the background]
[15:39 - Sitar part starts (or a similar string instrument?)]
[20:05 - Unintelligible whispering spoken samples, among flute and bass kickdrum in a heart beat rythm.]
