50 Ways to Say Goodbye

The song speaks for itself really - what he's singing about is pretty obvious. However, I think they overdo the humor in the song but I think it's done for a purpose because there are a lot of sad lines in the song that you kind of breeze over because of the tone. So not only is he saying that he doesn't want to admit he got dumped but also, he's really hurting over it but is trying to cover his hurt with humor. At least that's how I see it.

This song is obviously about a guy whose girlfriend broke up with him but he is in denial so whenever his friends ask where she is, he lies and makes up a story about how she died. :D

I see the humor in the exaggerated death stories, and it's pretty clear that the singer is trying to cover up some serious pain over a breakup. I think it could be seen a slightly different way, though: in addition to trying to convince his friends with the ridiculous accounts of his ex's demise, he could be trying to bring himself some closure.

That's one interpretation that makes sense in light of my experiences, anyway. My last breakup was difficult for me, partly because the main reason was that she moved across the country -- there were no real problems in the relationship otherwise. It just wasn't logical to stay together over such a long, semi-permanent distance.

I held on for much longer than was healthy, but one thought that finally helped me let go of her (long after she'd moved on) was to cut all ties and pretend that she was as inaccessible as if she had died. I'm no good at goodbyes, but it's helped to destroy all lingering remnants of hope that we might get back together.

The line in which she "danced to death in an east-side nightclub" is especially poignant for me, even though it's because of a loose association: our relationship had grown through our mutual dance hobby, and then her moving-on process involved a lot more dancing after she went east. She met her next boyfriend out there through dance...but I prefer to think that she simply danced to death instead. It hurts less.

This song is hilarious to me. I've always LOVED Train, and this just confirms it for me. =D I think this song is about his girlfriend dumping him, and because he doesn't want to admit to all of his friends that she dumped him, so he told every one of them that she died. In different ways. I think after a while, he obviously ran out of lies and things to say, thus why he says: "Help me help me, I'm all out of lies And ways to say you died." Its pretty straightforward really, and hilarious to me.

I like the part where he sings "How could you leave on Yom Kippur?" to get sympathy from the Jewish man in the music video. That was funny!

is it just me or does he take the rhythm right out of the Phantom of the Operah theme song??

listen to the part that says "in sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came"...sounds identical. anyway, the lyrics and theme of this song were just sheer genius. by far the mainstream breakup song with the most original lyrics and rhythm.

I didn't care much for the meaning as a kid, but as we grow, we tend to then go through exactly what these songs are exactly about. Here we are! lol

Agree with above poster. Great catchy song and funny videoclip

This song sound WAY too much like Drive By. Mostly the chorus. Everyone says I'm crazy, but that is what I hear.