Jetstream Lyrics

Lyric discussion by eatenbytheworms 

Cover art for Jetstream lyrics by Thom Yorke

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.