50 Ways to Say Goodbye Lyrics Meaning

The superman/minivan line refers to the new gf he is anticipating/hoping he will have. He declares she will see him as 'superman', rather than 'super minivan' which is slang for a 'fat', drab, boring person. The whole song is him trying to pretend/self-deny that she left him; and put on a brave outer exterior. Deep inside, he is hurting. Her leaving was as if she died to him, because he lost her completely. In his excuses, he tries to sound like he had the upper-hand but the common refrain 'help me, help me' shows his desperation & the truth about his feelings. He is confused, shocked, heartbroken, but simply doesn't want to admit it to his friends or even himself. He speaks as if his prospects of new love were high or inevitable, but deep down he does not know if he will have another who he will love as much as he loved this gf. The 'Yom Kippur' line implies he is of religious background, further adding to this naive, fragile innocence he has in the song. One can almost imagine this is only his first love, and they probably met at a religious social gathering or introduced by parents, etc. Yep, I love this song. :)