“Six Different Ways”, the fourth song on The Head on the Door, features a piano tune that was used previously while Robert Smith was with Siouxsie and the Banshees, for the single “Swimming Horses.”
In 2002, the song was featured on the The Rules Of Attraction movie soundtrack.
[Verse 1]
This is stranger than I thought
Six different ways inside my heart
And every one I'll keep tonight
Six different ways go deep inside
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll tell them anything at all
I know I'll give them more and more
[Chorus]
I'll tell them anything at all
I know I'll give the world and more
They think I'm on my hands and head
This time they're much too slow
[Verse 2]
Six sides to every lie I say
It's that American voice again
"It was never quite like this before
Not one of you is the same"
[Refrain]
Doo doo doo doo
[Verse 1]
This is stranger than I ever thought
Six different ways inside my heart
And every one I'll keep tonight
Six different ways go deep inside
[Chorus]
I'll tell them anything at all
I know I'll give the world and more
They think I'm on my hands and head
This time they're much too slow
[Verse 2]
Six sides to every lie I say
It's that American voice again
"It was never quite like this before
Not one of you is the same"
Six Different Ways was written by Robert Smith.
Six Different Ways was produced by Robert Smith & Dave Allen.
The Cure released Six Different Ways on Mon Aug 26 1985.
In a fanzine, Robert Smith shared that “Six Different Ways” is about:
multiple personalities
He later told Rolling Stone*
Porl Thompson has always been a great guitarist, and Boris Williams is an extraordinary drummer. We could never have attempted “Six Different Ways” before, because we never h...