The Way (song)

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"The Way"

Single by Fastball
from the album All the Pain Money Can Buy
Released	September 21, 1998 UK
Format	3-track CD, Cassette
Genre	Rock
Length	4:17
Label	Hollywood Records
Chart positions
#1 (US Modern Rock) #21 (UK)
Fastball singles chronology
???	"The Way" (1998)	"Fire Escape" (1998)

"The Way" is a 1998 single by Fastball from their album All the Pain Money Can Buy. In the U.S. the single reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in April and remained there for seven weeks. It was also #12 on the magazine's year-end Hot 100 Singles Airplay chart.

It only reached #21 on the UK Top 40, despite having had a fair amount of airplay from independent radio stations like Forth One.

[edit] Meaning

'The Way' revolves around an older married couple who decide to give it all away by packing up and going driving. Along the way their car breaks down, so they continue on foot. As the song goes on, it becomes apparent that these two achieve happiness by losing touch with the world.

Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading journalistic articles which described the disappearance of an older married couple. About the song he says that "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met."