the song was this heart-breaking piece about loss and saying good-bye-i thought at first that it was about beck , or even about me , and then i realized it was about sam : one thousand ways to say good-bye one thousand ways to cry one thousand ways to hang your hat before you go outside i say good-bye good-bye good-bye i shout it out so loud 'cause the next time that i find my voice i might not remember how .