The song was played onboard Space Shuttle mission STS-130, as a wake-up call for astronaut Robert Behnken.

[2] Parabola explores the Heideggerian concept of life subjectively experienced as "feeling eternal" in the moment by the consciousness held within its mortal physical body.

[3] In support of this promo single, a music video was released – clocking in at over ten minutes because of the inclusion of the 3-minute "Parabol" lead-in (a separate track on the album set right before "Parabola").

Another scene features interactions between a small stop-motion creature and a human (played by English musician Tricky).

[citation needed] Painter Alex Grey created the design and was deeply involved in the animation from the beginning of the flaming eye sequence through to the end of the video.