He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Uncalm, uncalm, uncalm
Listen to the drummer, just listen to the strings
Listen to the DJ just rappin' and things
Once I get a message from you, I get all edgy
My minds racing but you know I'm not ready, uh, I say
For you, baby all our dreams trickle through
We are back in your teenage bedroom
Salvador Dali honeymoon, for you
It's like you and me on Plymouth Rock
Embarking on a journey that I never thought
Would happen to me so effortlessly
Sparks flying, your laughter is a symphony
Spring, what a little moonlight can do
Soon the summer sun is on you
All the while we don't hear the news or feel blue
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
I want to kiss reason goodbye today
I want to show it's purple essence
On your lips baby it'll fade away
Return your natural iridescence
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it
Make me think of a song that I could not write yet
Melodies create themselves, I'm just a conduit
You make my heart accelerate and I'm on to it
For you baby there's so much that I will do
To be near the sweetness on you
Funny everything seems so new when with you
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
I want to kiss reason goodbye today
I want to show it's purple essence
On your lips baby it'll fade away
Return your natural iridescence
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
Uncalm, uncalm, uncalm
Listen to the drummer, just listen to the strings
Listen to the DJ just rappin' and things
Once I get a message from you, I get all edgy
My minds racing but you know I'm not ready, uh, I say
For you, baby all our dreams trickle through
We are back in your teenage bedroom
Salvador Dali honeymoon, for you
It's like you and me on Plymouth Rock
Embarking on a journey that I never thought
Would happen to me so effortlessly
Sparks flying, your laughter is a symphony
Spring, what a little moonlight can do
Soon the summer sun is on you
All the while we don't hear the news or feel blue
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
I want to kiss reason goodbye today
I want to show it's purple essence
On your lips baby it'll fade away
Return your natural iridescence
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it
Make me think of a song that I could not write yet
Melodies create themselves, I'm just a conduit
You make my heart accelerate and I'm on to it
For you baby there's so much that I will do
To be near the sweetness on you
Funny everything seems so new when with you
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
I want to kiss reason goodbye today
I want to show it's purple essence
On your lips baby it'll fade away
Return your natural iridescence
On the scales of desire your absence weighs
More than someone else's presence
Uncalm, uncalm, uncalm
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Uncalm Lyrics as written by Nicholas Hexum Douglas Martinez
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Hey, acheapairline, when he says "Salvador Dali honeymoon" i guess he's talking about some surreal honeymoon. id unno.. tahts just my guess. if anyone has a better explanation please post it :P