Only the second released track since last August, and perhaps the only truly new track written since his release of The Information. It sees Beck reinventing himself again, this time with the melancholy weight of acid-washed bass and a ghostly falsetto melody line and the most reverb since Sea Change.
Apologies for the abrupt ending of this particular rip. Go to beck.com for the real deal.
Everyone's favorite obsessive Beck fan site has already taken a stab at the woozily whispered lyrics:
Chemtrails
I can't believe what we've seen outside
You and me watching the jets go by
Oh ooh oh oh ooh oh
Just what I've seen
So many people falling in ??
You and me watching the sea full of people
Try not to drown
So many people
So many people
Where do they go?
You and me watching the sky
In the future
That's where we can go
All I can take from these skies is fog
And all I can see in this light: a boat sinking
Oh oooh oh oooh oh
Somebody's sea swallowed by evil
Already gone
You and me watching the sea full of people
Already drowning
So many people
So many people
Where did they go?
You and me hit by a cloud
?? eagle
Watching the jets pass go by
You and me watching
You and me watching
???
That's what I mean when we talk in this jetstream
We're climbing a hole in the sky
