How I see the song is two very different individuals, one guy kind of a loser trying to kill time because he is perfectly content with just getting by in life. Living day by day, paycheque to paycheque. Sits in front of the TV drinking beer to kill his spare time. The "jet-fuel genius" I've always taken to be a rocket scientist (or just a smart guy in general) who has essentially beaten the game of life (money, smarts, good looking, etc). He is always surrounded by friends (if you can call them that) "as long as he's buying". Although the two guys are incredibly different, they've still got the same problem... too much time on their hands. I've always heard the song this way, but I love the fact that everyone has a different interpretation of it.
How I see the song is two very different individuals, one guy kind of a loser trying to kill time because he is perfectly content with just getting by in life. Living day by day, paycheque to paycheque. Sits in front of the TV drinking beer to kill his spare time. The "jet-fuel genius" I've always taken to be a rocket scientist (or just a smart guy in general) who has essentially beaten the game of life (money, smarts, good looking, etc). He is always surrounded by friends (if you can call them that) "as long as he's buying". Although the two guys are incredibly different, they've still got the same problem... too much time on their hands. I've always heard the song this way, but I love the fact that everyone has a different interpretation of it.