Fan Interpretations 

I am pretty sure I am very close on the following interpretation. I think "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" is about him being sick of where he's residing, at that moment, and feels the need to get the fuck out. Whenever I read the lyrics I can relate so much to them it scares me.... I live in a little shit hole full of 2-faced clowns. "This town don't feel mine", he's saying how the town he's in doesn't fit him, isn't his style. "It feels good to know your mine Now drive me far - away", there seems to be one person he chills with, only one that he actually likes, and he wants them to get him out of there before he goes nuts. "And I don't care where just FAR - away" exactly how I feel.... I don't care where you take me, just get me out of here. - Tyler

The guy in the song has kidnapped this woman and is beginning to feel the pressure as the days go by. It isn't a situation he's comfortable with and is starting to feel paranoid hence 'this town don't feel mine'. He decides that he needs to get out as soon as possible and does this by disguising his hostage in some other clothes, (possibly his mother's, something like Norman Bates would do in the Psycho films). As the song progresses the guy begins to calm down as he gets away from the town and realizing what he's done he feels happy that he's gotten away with this woman and just bathes in his glory 'it feels good to know you're mine'. What he does next is then left the listeners imagination. A disturbing song if taken in this context, especially with the softer melody of the acoustic version. - Chaz

 The words, when they hit my ears, seem to carry a sense of not feeling right somewhere, someone. Only the "away" can be considered as what you are leaving behind hurts so much that you can't stay despite what it means to you. You can't change people. you can't change yourself coz that is how this situation has figured out. You've gotta find somewhere where this won't happen again as the pain purifies and burns away all that the relationship meant to you. There is still the memory that stays the same in your mind, but the situation here on earth is so different that there is no other viable alternative open to you. You could always try to change the person, but then it wouldn't be them, it would be someone else, someone else with the same clothes. It is completely pointless to do that , even though you think you might be happy, coz then you'll have changed into something that carries different emotions. And you'll have swapped lives with someone less than yourself - Siam

I know what other people say the song means but personally I like to think of Chino as a serial killer or something of that kind in this song. It's obvious that he wants to get out of the town with the line "this Town don't feel mine..I'm fast to get away" he is fast to get away from what? the cops...or he's fast to get away with his "gift" his love..The line "I dressed you in her clothes" implies the whole obsessed serial killer thing I mentioned before... The "her" is what he got away with..his special person..his light at the end of his tunnel. And he doesn't care where he goes or where he is as long as he's there with her. It's a twisted love song. -Devlin-

The acoustic version is better. its like chino has locked himself away, and is trying to sing from a kids perspective, like tripped in a room with his parents forcing him to be what he doesn't want to be and stuff. so he's just telling them to get the fuck out of his face and that he doesn't want to deal with their bullshit. it sounds better toned down, it actually sounds more aggressive in a way, cos the way he sings it sweetly kinda shows that he still loves his mum and dad, but is just asking for some space. chino is the best...its like every song he writes seems to have some relevance on my life. especially headup...I sing that song in my head when I get some shit from ppl who think I'm odd. - cantdancetodisco@aol.com

I think this song's about a huge lost love. Like he had a deep relationship with someone, then that person went left, through death or ending the relationship. Chino's was too in love, and is having trouble letting go but realizes that he needs to leave the places that remind him of that love. Now he's with someone new, even though he sees this new girl as a second chance with the other girl. The lines 'I dressed you in her clothes', 'it feels good to know you're all mine' then 'drive me far...away.' And obviously he doesn't care where they go. That's the what the song said to me. - JP Gosselin

I think the song "Be Quiet and Drive" off of "Around the Fur," is about how one person can be in one town, and completely loathe it.  Hence "this town, don't feel much, I'm fast to get away....far."  This more than likely means how the people in one place can be utterly two-faced and impersonal.  (whereas, in another town, the people can be compassionate and humble). 
Amazing how a difference in sea level and geography can determine how you turnout.  The person would want to get away before the simple minds of the impersonal people rub off, and destroy whatever honest qualities you may have. I guess the rest of the song means, how getting away with someone that understands you and escaping the crowd is better than leaving alone. JadedEyez@aol.com

This may not be what Be Quite and Drive is about but this is what it means to me:
At points in my life time there's times where I just want to get away when I hear this song it up lifts me a lot because I picture my gorgeous girlfriend
driving me places where I have wanted to go but really never motivated myself and these places are where all of my problems are solved so my girlfriend realizes im really weak on myself at this time and she knows I just wanna be as far away as possible to reality but we just keep seeing the same thing over and over because this road is just one big circle and there's no way out  I turn to my girlfriend and say it feels good to know your mine and she stops the car and says is this far enough I say no she says OK and keeps driving and it all ends as she drives off of a bridge we've seen for the 8th time  we jump out of the car and land in a lake we swim ashore and I know that this is far enough as her mascara runs down her face and we kiss
----Ben from Sacto
P.S Chino thank you for getting me through the hardest times of my life !! 

okay, here are my ideas.  I'm probably not right, but hey.... I think "be quiet and drive"  is about , like everyone else says, wanting to get away.  it seems like chino's just saying he doesn't relate to the people around him (hence "this town don't feel mine") and he can't stand to stick around much longer. and the part about "I dressed you in her clothes" isn't psycho at all, at least not to me.  I think that chino uses his lyrics sort of metaphorically and when he says that, he's talking about leaving with this chick, and maybe it's not the one he wants to be with, or should be with, but he's going with her anyway. just to get away with someone. - deftones_chick@juno.com

Unlike everyone who thinks this song is about chino getting away from his town, I think its about getting away emotionally...Chino is not very literal in his songs...there's always an indirect meaning to it. When he wrote this song I think Chino was going through a lot of emotion problems and he was looking for someone he loved to take him away from his problems emotionally...that's why I can relate to Chino's songs; he talks about all the problems that teenagers go through and expresses all of his feelings into songs like these. The acoustic version is better because he shows more his true feelings....This is one of the most beautiful  songs the deftones have written (the acoustic version). If anyone is hoping through any emotional stress, this is the song to listen to. -Angelo D.P.Crew

In my opinion, Chino was once again writing a song that teens can relate to.  I live in a little town of population 1500 last time i checked.  It sucks and eventually you just want to get out of the place.  Everyone does the craziest shit just so they don't have to face the reality.  Therefore this song appeals to me strongly.  It just helps.  Also i think Chino is using the expression "the grass is always greener on the other side" mostly in this song.  If you have dreams and you live in a town that can't really grant them you just want to get far away right?  When I listen to the song i wonder if this is something Chino went through as a kid or maybe he knew that lots of kids hate their hometown and want to go to better places thinking that their greater, just so they can get away from the shit.  This is way this song rocks and I have total respect for the greatest band...deftones. - popsucks21@hotmail.com            

when i am just sitting back letting it all go and i can hear the words flowing through me, when i look back at everything i've done, and hear this song, it reminds me of a girl i had but lost due her wanting another guy . I personally think it is about how he is with a girl that he cared so much about, but it just doesn't start feeling right being with her, like every second he spends with her, is another second in which he despises her, and the only way he can get past the loathing is by painting a new image of her in his mind, "i dress you up in her clothes", as though he merged this girl in with the girl he actually loved so much that it hurts him to know he isn't with her instead. "it feels good to know you are mine", by that i think he is saying that knowing he has a girl, just any girl, makes him feel alive, just the fact that he can say "she is mine" makes him feel better, the whole "now drive me far away i don't care where just far", it makes an image in my head, of some friends driving in a car and him saying just go anywhere, just away from this place, away from her, away from everything he hates - Myshadow46and2@aol.com

Ive always had different feelings about this song. Not until tonight I figured it out. Me and my best friend josh are going through some really tough shit. We were both nearly close to fucking tears, until we said lets get the fuck out of here. We live in the small college town of stephenville texas, basically just a big shithole. We drove 20 miles outside city limits, and the whole time I had chino's voice ringing in my head "I dont care where, just far away". Picture this, just driving 80 miles an our in darkness watching your hand float through the passing wind thinking about all the shit youve been through. You have to get away sometimes, because shit can really fucking suck sometimes. This song will now linger in my head whenever going through tough shit, instead of going and getting all fucked up, Ill just drive far, far away. - berny

Ok, my interpertation for the song Be Quiet and Drive is as follows: I agree largely with what most people have said about Chino wanting to get away from all this stuff in a town with the girl that he loves and that he just wants to be with her, but i think that could just be a physical aspect of such a brilliant song. i think Far Away could also be purely in Chino's head,like, hes gone insane to escape the thoughts in his head, or the things he's feeling, or something from his past, and he does it with a fictional girl(which he has drawn referances from the real girl he loves, saying "i dressed you in her clothes") he has created to be his perfect woman (thus the line "it feels good to know your all mine")and when he states that he doesnt care where hes going its because its all in his head and he knows his mind will take him to his paradise. (if youve seen the movie Brazil you may kinda have an idea what im talking about becuase the end runs along the same lines)so thats what i think, i doubt its right but thats what the song means to me, and thats why the deftones are such an amazing band, because they touch people so deeply with thier music. thanx guys for being the best band ever. - nigel

I think the song Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) is about being young and not wanting to be in the same place for the rest of your life. I have heard interpretations such as it is about chino kidnapping and killing someone, but I can't see it. If you don' care where and you wanna be far away then this is the song for you. It is interesting that the track after Be Quiet and Drive ( Far away) is lotion where he says " I fell sick right here" so maybe chino never really likes to be in one place. - lincer47@aol.com

"This town don't feel mine." It is obvious, blatant, and I haven't really related to this song until recently. My girlfriend of 2 years left me out of the blue for another guy. "I'm fast to get away." I totally feel that. There is nothing left here for me, I want to start over, but am unsure and a little insecure. "I dressed you in her clothes." To me, it's like being with someone, but wishing you were with someone else. Treating them the way you would treat the one you really want to be with; trying to make your fantasy a reality. "It feels good, to know you're mine." When I say that, I feel like I am lying to myself. I know she's not mine, but I am comforted by the thought of relating so closely to someone. "Drive me far, away." Again, I wouldn't look too deep into that. It is out in the open, so leave it alone. I want to run away from my problems and memories and experiences, and I don't want them to catch up with me. Ever. - Chirs Douglas

To me it seems to be about wanting to leave everything behind and escape from all the shit in your life, but at the same time not wanting to be alone. You could always use a sort of "Romeo and Juliet" scenario where the guy and girl are trying to escape their lives because of all the stress but still knowing that they can only escape for a short period of time until it all starts again. - macrae9@yahoo.com

I'm pretty sure this is what Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) is about.It's about him being in a town and he's got this girl he loves but she won't come with him to get out of this town, so he gets this other girl to come with him and he wants her to be like the other one hes in love with (I dressed you in her clothes..)That way the girl could at least look like her and since he can't have the one girl he really wants.He doesnt care where he goes... just far. - Kendall

everyone's wrong, its not about him wanting to get out of a town.the song is about kidnapping a girl.(shakes head at the people who thought it was about him wanting to get out of a town) osiris_boarder420@yahoo.com