Hundreds of Ways - Conor Oberst

What a thing to be a witness to the sunshine

What a dream to just be walking on the ground

What a time to live among the ash and remnants of our love

That came before and I’m still looking for that now

It took centuries to build these twisted cities

It took seconds to reduce them down to dust

And all the tour guide could say was

«Take your pictures, folks, it’s late

And try your best, please, to remember what was done»

Don’t look so forlorn

Don’t you look so scared

Don’t get so upset

This world was never fair

But there are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds of ways

Now you just find one

I used to think that time was of the essence

Now I just wish I could get some sleep

All this strange parade of sounds

The city makes when I lie down

Little explosions that set fire to my dreams

Sometimes I get mistaken for this actor

And I guess that I can see it from the side

Maybe no one really seems to be

The person that they mean to be

I hope I am forgotten when I die

Don’t contradict me

Don’t make me cross the line

If you feel threatened

It’s only because I might

But there are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

Yes, there are hundreds of ways

So, you best find one

All my heroes, they’re all talk

Running in circles

Some stop, watch some chaos

Love was the message, full stop

We ramble on and on

We ramble on and on

Hey!

I stole all the rhinestones out of Carolina

And sold them out in Bakersfield for cash

Now the bandshell got a band, sound like an arcade in Japan

Blew all my quarters trying to get that feeling back

Now, any sucker can turn boredom into violence

A sociopath riding on a bus

And his irises are black from his novelty contacts

He looks around but he can’t see the rest of us

In my sunglasses

Don’t mind the blinding light

Yeah, it’s getting dark, bro

But I’ve always loved the night

But there are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds of ways

To get through the day

There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of ways

To get through the day

Just find one