lantern adorned with paper horses which revolve in a circle / Used in metaphor for various images flashing before one's eyes.

(figuratively) one's brain; one's mind (where thoughts reside)

life / Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

to run; to dash / to gallop (one's horse); to canter / to attack (as an army); to charge (esp. cavalry)

翔る, 駆ける: to soar; to fly / to run; to dash

go around, travel around / circle, surround / return, repeat / concern (usually in the form of を + めぐる or めぐって)

circumference / tour / circulation

turn, round

go around

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend