Lead singer Rivers Cuomo on The Other Way: “I wrote that song for Jennifer Chiba after Elliott died, and I wanted to console her, but I was confused and skeptical about my own motives for wanting to do so, so I wrote that song about that.”
[Verse 1]
I want to help you
But I don't know how
I want to soothe you
But I can't speak out
[Pre-Chorus]
I have many fears about rejection
I have many memories of pain
I have always been a little shy
So I'll turn and look the other way
[Chorus]
Other way, other way
I will turn and look the other way
[Verse 2]
I want to hold you
But I am afraid
I want to touch you
But I'm not that way
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
So I'll turn and look the other way
[Chorus]
Other way, other way
I will turn and look the other way
[Guitar Solo]
[Reprise]
I have many doubts about my motives
I have many fears about my greed
I have always hurt the one that I love
So I'll turn and look the other way
[Chorus]
Other way, other way
I will turn and look the other way
Other way, other way
I will turn and look the other way
Other way, other way
I will turn and look the other way
[Outro]
(Other way) The other way
(Other way) The other way
(Other way) The other way
(Other way) The other way
The Other Way was written by Rivers Cuomo.
The Other Way was produced by Chad Bamford & Rick Rubin.
Weezer released The Other Way on Tue May 10 2005.