Jetstream

This is a difficult song to interpret but it seems to me that it's about regretting things in the past and wanting to escape them. The lines 'you're beautiful until i get close you have the eyes of a mountain goat a cold religion a bad smell and a strap broke in my hand'

seem to be about being blinded by appearances and neglecting to see the reality inside the beautiful exterior. In the end this thing turned out to be something of a nightmare.

Definitely about regret. It uses the metaphor of being on a horse-coach (ghost-coach, whipcrack, coachman) and perhaps being able to "hear some people laughing" as though laughing at (Thom), and then regretting it "i jump out of a window". Basically doing something and then later regretting it (I turn the clock back to where I wasn't taken in)....... Jumping out of the window and "I wanna turn back" both fit in with this too........ The only thing I don't understand is "I need a rubber man, I need a stretchy man"......... (NOTE: skttrbrain definitely has the words right the second time.)

Official lyrics: (though i doubt Black Cow will update it, since he's so SLOW on all the other lyrics he put on here)

this is a free seat which way you heading? you keep pushing and you keep pushing between the wheel crack and the moonbeams 'coz it goes from where we're heading

the gleaming teeth of the imagery i can hear some people laughing this is a stitch-up i'm not willing so i'm turning you off when i'm counting

i regret i turn the clock back to where i wasn't taken in i jump out of the window and get lost in the jetstream

this is a ghost coach and we're arriving down to canyon spirit between the wheel crack and the moonbeams i can hear some people laughing

we need a rubber, man we need a stretcher, man i'm not sure i will make it

you are a fool and this is over over the cliffs of dover

i regret i turn the clock back to where i wasn't taken in i jump out of the window and get lost in the jetstream

you're beautiful until i get close you have the eyes of a mountain goat a cold religion a bad smell and a strap broke in my hand

and i wanna turn back i wanna turn back turn back i wanna turn back i wanna turn back turn back turn back i wanna turn back

we need a rubber, man we need a stretcher, man a fucking rubber, man we need a stretcher, man

Again, the correct lyrics, this time 100%... ^_^"

is this a free seat? which way you heading? you keep pushing and you keep pushing. between the whipcrack and the moonbeams i said coachman where we heading? the gleaming teeth of the inbetween i can hear some people laughing. is this is a stitch up? i am not willing so i am turning you off and then i'm counting. i regret. i turn the clock back. to where i wasn't taken in. i jump out of a window and get lost in a jetstream. this is a ghost coach that we are riding damp decay and splintering. between the whipcrack and the moonbeams i can hear some people laughing. we need a rubber man we need a stretchy man i'm not sure i am welcome. you are a fool and this is over over the cliffs of Dover. i regret. i turn the clock back. to where i wasn't taken in. i jump out of a window and get lost in a jetstream. you're beautiful until i get close you have the eyes of a mountain goat. a coat of mildew a bad smell and the strap broke in my hand. now i wanna turn back. turn back. i wanna turn back. you need a rubber man you need a stretchy man you need a rubber man you need a stretchy man i wanna turn back i wanna turn back you need a rubber man you need a stretchy man you need a rubber man you need a stretchy man i wanna turn back i'm on my back turn back.

I think he says "you live or you die" at the beginning. I don't know but this is one creepy song.

I think he says "you live or you die" at the beginning. I don't know but this is one creepy song.

I really love this song...

About going against the grain and being scared of it, scared of the path that you're on, fantasizing about jumping off and going with the flow (jetstream) because it's easier.