How many ways,
how many ways can a man
come up again and reinvent himself again?


We plot and we plan,
and I'll be the damnedest peg on a path of a lesser man.

Cause I walk it fast and I dig my tracks deep in the sand.

I took it up,

I took it on and all the way.
It took what I had left.
It took the grin right off my face.

With open hands I give my thanks,
but never again.


And my body far from me I feel the world below my feet.
Inspiration swallows me from far beyond a dream
and I'm far beyond the ghost,

and I'm far beyond the notion.
I never wanna sell myself again.


1000 Ways, 1000 Ways
and I've gotta 1000 Ways to break
1000 Ways, 1000 Ways

and I've gotta 1000 Ways
to break your heart.


And I've gotta 1000 Ways to break you down.
You wanna build it up,
I'd rather burn it to the ground.


So I'll take it 'pon myself to tare this all clean off the shelf.
tare these clothes clean off my back and send 'em back to hell.

And I'm far beyond the past.
Far beyond the notion.
I never wanna sell myself again.


And my body far from me I feel the world below my feet.
Inspiration swallows me from far beyond a dream

and I'm far beyond the ghost,
and I'm far beyond the notion.
I never wanna sell myself again.


1000 Ways, 1000 Ways
and I've gotta 1000 Ways to break

1000 Ways, 1000 Ways
and I've gotta 1000 Ways
to break your heart.


I took it up,
I took it on and all the way.

It took what I had left.
It took the grin right off my face.


1000 Ways, 1000 Ways.

And my body far from me I feel the world below my feet.

Desperation swallows me from far beyond a dream
and I'm far beyond the ghost,
and I'm far beyond the notion.

I never wanna sell myself again...

1000 Ways, 1000 Ways

and I've gotta 1000 Ways to break
1000 Ways, 1000 Ways
and I've gotta 1000 Ways

to break your heart.