Theory: triplets

Interpretation: a metaphor on actual events

Helium helium helium dirigible

Take me to take me to take me to Mars

Helium helium helium dirigible

Cruise for the cruise for the cruise for the stars

Climb aboard! Drop the cords!

Race the engines and speed away

Fall up the sky, I’ve already paid

Buzzing over the tops of trees

My earflaps are tight, we’re picking up speed

Silver whale of altitude

Gyroscope shows a sharp attitude

Elaborate console of dials and knobs

Can barely keep this boat afloat on the best days

Keep up the highest hope but learn how to pray

Luxurious flight with old-world charm

The piano player’s full-tilt and the cabin’s clean and warm

Race the engines and speed away

Buzzing over the tops of trees

My earflaps are tight, we’re picking up speed

Silver whale of altitude

Gyroscope shows a sharp attitude

Better clear the air traffic lane

It waddles and bumbles and steers like a crane

(refrain 1)

(chorus)

Turbulence hits, the pilot vomits

We yaw like an epileptic goose

My goggles are fogged, the riggings slip loose

Get me off of this airplane

It’s got hands and feet, sponges for seats

Freak museum of the last century

Ornate excess and debauchery

The bitch ain’t made for lazy eights

Twelve cylinder radials sputter and choke

Dead in the air and they let out the smoke

A stopped clock tells me that it’s time to go

Find the nearest exit, Geronimo!

Turbulence hits, the pilot vomits

We yaw like an epileptic goose

My goggles are fogged, the riggings slip loose

Get me off of this airplane

It’s got hands and feet, sponges for seats

The carpet squishes like clay and the glass

Is smeared with bugs and some unknown mass

That might have been a passenger (refrain 2)

Man overboard!