Beautiful calm driving, deep sea pearl diving
Constantly unwinding, beautiful calm driving
You turned into another
You turned into nutter
You turned into another man

You're a stranger to me
You're a danger to me
You're a stranger to me
You're a danger
To me

Beautiful calm driving, emotional hiding
Effortlessly shining, beautiful calm driving


You turned into another
You turned into nutter
You turned into another man

You're a stranger to me
You're a danger to me
You're a stranger to me
You're a danger to me
You're a stranger to me
You're a danger to me
You're a stranger to me
You're a danger to me
Beautiful calm driving


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    I always thought this song was about a hurting relationship.

    For me the "driving" represents the relationship. And as this drive goes on, one of the partner (the boy) turns not to be the promissing kind person he first appears to be.

    As for the "calm" it represents the slowly way he turned into "another", a "nutter", a "stranger" and a "danger". (related to the parallel I make below)

    At last the "beautiful" is for the way the girl is still hooked on the disappointing man she fell in love with. She is hurt but still find him beautiful. Like she is sedated by her feeling. Unable of doing anything but complaining. At first we could think that the song is a cry of rage, but the rythm of the song reveals it's a lamentation song. She feels already trapped, unable to flee (but does she really want to get away from him ?)

    I love the first line : the parallel between 'driving" and "diving". I understand it by the image of a girl drowning in a relation, overwhelmed by her feelings. As the differents decompressions stops in diving, she went through many stages that lead her in the situation she feels trapped in today. It was "calm", painless, like she has been sedated step by step. The boy kind of cast a spell on her, now she is suffering but it still feel beautiful, enchanted.

    "unwinding" : he slowly reveals his true core. "effortlessly shining" : he cast a spell on every one who puts an eye on him, he is very charming.

    PS : forgive me for the way I write, I'm french :P

    Kravenon July 23, 2011   Link

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