Multiinstrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist influenced by ambient electronica, grunge, rock/pop, new wave, folk, and classical.
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Saddest Factory [May 2003] (31:41) 1. Titular Track (0:43) 2. Once Upon A Time (A Likely Story) (2:34) 3. Everything Fades Away (2:15) 4. Secret Letter Drawer (1:55) 5. Will You Be Mine? (1:10) 6. Lying Around In Circles Holding Hands (1:41) 7. I Need To Get Away (0:52) 8. Riding Out The Wave (2:48) 9. Last Chance To Fly (It's Going To Happen) (2:09) 10. Estuary (2:25) 11. Canned Laughter (2:26) 12. Angels & Dolphins (1:40) 13. Memories of Heaven on a Warm Summer Day (2:30) 14. Black Paper Skates (1:47) 15. Whisper (1:56) 16. Go On (1:27) 17. Little Riddle (1:23) |
Album Notes
All songs written, performed, and recorded by Cliff Hays in May 2003. For a puzzle, try and identify the bottled water and coffee can [1st and 2nd place (respectively) for The Oddest Instruments on the Album].
Song Lyrics from the album Saddest Factory
Titular Track
I step outside to pour a glass of wine.
It will be different this time.
I happen to be the saddest factory.
But it will be different this time.
It will be different this time. (2x)
I step outside to pour a glass of wine.
It will be different this time.
I happen to be the saddest factory.
But it will be different this time.
It will be different this time. (2x)
Once Upon A Time (A Likely Story)
Once Upon A Time (?x)
Once Upon A Time (?x)
Everything Fades Away
When I see you inside me,
everything fades away.
When you're smiling at me,
everything fades away.
Everything fades away.
When I see you inside me,
everything fades away.
When I lie in your arms,
everything fades away.
Everything fades away. (3x)
When I see you inside me,
everything fades away.
When you're smiling at me,
everything fades away.
Everything fades away.
When I see you inside me,
everything fades away.
When I lie in your arms,
everything fades away.
Everything fades away. (3x)
Secret Letter Drawer
Crawl to another star,
secret letter drawer in the night.
Grazing interstellar dust,
friction to your lust but you fight.
I think I should fly to a different galaxy tonight.
Secret Letter Drawer
Crawl to another star
Secret Letter Drawer
I think I should fly to a distant galaxy tonight.
Crawl to another star,
secret letter drawer in the night.
Grazing interstellar dust,
friction to your lust but you fight.
I think I should fly to a different galaxy tonight.
Secret Letter Drawer
Crawl to another star
Secret Letter Drawer
I think I should fly to a distant galaxy tonight.
Will You Be Mine?
She's more than just a friend of mine.
She knows exactly how I feel inside.
She's more than just a friend of mine.
I know I'm never gonna live this down.
Cuz she's all that I can think about.
And she's more than I can live without.
She's all that I can think about.
Someone who will always be there.
Someone who will always care.
I'll love you always. Yeah.
Will you be mine? (2x)
She's more than just a friend of mine.
She knows exactly how I feel inside.
She's more than just a friend of mine.
I know I'm never gonna live this down.
Cuz she's all that I can think about.
And she's more than I can live without.
She's all that I can think about.
Someone who will always be there.
Someone who will always care.
I'll love you always. Yeah.
Will you be mine? (2x)
Lying Around In Circles Holding Hands
Didn't you ever hear about my plans?
Joining by los dedos de la mano, yeah.
And being awoken by sunlight in sands.
This time I intend to be the one who lands.
This time I intend to be the one who lands.
This time I intend to.
I am awoken by sunlight in sands.
Lying around in circles holding hands, oh yeah.
Seychellean summertime, it burns.
This time I intend to be the one who learns.
This time I intend to be the one who learns.
This time I intend to.
This time I intend to be the one
lying around in circles holding hands.
Didn't you ever hear about my plans?
Joining by los dedos de la mano, yeah.
And being awoken by sunlight in sands.
This time I intend to be the one who lands.
This time I intend to be the one who lands.
This time I intend to.
I am awoken by sunlight in sands.
Lying around in circles holding hands, oh yeah.
Seychellean summertime, it burns.
This time I intend to be the one who learns.
This time I intend to be the one who learns.
This time I intend to.
This time I intend to be the one
lying around in circles holding hands.
I Need To Get Away
instrumental
instrumental
Riding Out The Wave
All new things I try to do.
Trying to find a different view.
But all this time I'm without you.
Riding out the wave.
And I can't believe that I left you all alone.
But that's what I did, and now our time is gone.
I'm riding out the wave.
A wave of inebriation.
Alcohol intoxicates me.
I can't be sober without you.
I'm riding out the wave.
I still can't believe that I left you all alone.
But that's what I did, and our heaven is gone.
Our heaven is gone.
All new things I try to do.
Trying to find a different view.
But all this time I'm without you.
Riding out the wave. (5x)
All new things I try to do.
Trying to find a different view.
But all this time I'm without you.
Riding out the wave.
And I can't believe that I left you all alone.
But that's what I did, and now our time is gone.
I'm riding out the wave.
A wave of inebriation.
Alcohol intoxicates me.
I can't be sober without you.
I'm riding out the wave.
I still can't believe that I left you all alone.
But that's what I did, and our heaven is gone.
Our heaven is gone.
All new things I try to do.
Trying to find a different view.
But all this time I'm without you.
Riding out the wave. (5x)
Last Chance To Fly (It's Going To Happen)
Can someone tell me please
where do I come from and
where do I belong?
The seasons change. (2x)
I wait alone for answers.
And I see not a one.
I wonder if they're coming
to join in my confusion's
[end/and] by spring,
if everything is going
perfectly to plan,
yes I think it's going to happen.
Is there someone out there?
Being alone is hard to do.
Is there someone out there?
Being alone is hard to do.
Unfortunately found you wanting to die.
Everybody wakes up.
And then one of them whispers
'last chance to fly'.
Last chance to fly.
Yes I think it's going to happen.
Can someone tell me please
where do I come from and
where do I belong?
The seasons change. (2x)
I wait alone for answers.
And I see not a one.
I wonder if they're coming
to join in my confusion's
[end/and] by spring,
if everything is going
perfectly to plan,
yes I think it's going to happen.
Is there someone out there?
Being alone is hard to do.
Is there someone out there?
Being alone is hard to do.
Unfortunately found you wanting to die.
Everybody wakes up.
And then one of them whispers
'last chance to fly'.
Last chance to fly.
Yes I think it's going to happen.
Estuary
Drowned mouth saltwater wedge, estuary.
Fly me into the sky so that I can
observe and record things,
data from way up high.
As I scribble in my field pad,
all of a sudden I no longer feel bad.
Cuz giving knowledge to the world
is what I, what I want to do.
Making everyone more aware of
brackish water zone geomorphic hydrodynamics.
This is my dream.
I'm in an airplane flying again.
And I don't feel bad now.
No I don't feel bad now.
I don't feel bad now.
No I don't feel bad now.
I won't be sad now.
Drowned mouth saltwater wedge, estuary.
Fly me into the sky so that I can
observe and record things,
data from way up high.
As I scribble in my field pad,
all of a sudden I no longer feel bad.
Cuz giving knowledge to the world
is what I, what I want to do.
Making everyone more aware of
brackish water zone geomorphic hydrodynamics.
This is my dream.
I'm in an airplane flying again.
And I don't feel bad now.
No I don't feel bad now.
I don't feel bad now.
No I don't feel bad now.
I won't be sad now.
Canned Laughter
I don't need a lying idiot on the television
telling me what kind of things that I should buy.
I don't wanna have only what they tell me to have.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter.
Can't I laugh for myself?
I think I know what kind of girls I think are pretty.
I don't need a magazine to tell me why.
I don't wanna date only who they tell me to date.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter.
Can't I laugh for myself?
I think I've got a region in my brain for humor.
I don't even need to hear them ask me why.
I don't wanna laugh only when they tell me to laugh.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter. Can't I laugh for myself? (2x)
I don't need a lying idiot on the television
telling me what kind of things that I should buy.
I don't wanna have only what they tell me to have.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter.
Can't I laugh for myself?
I think I know what kind of girls I think are pretty.
I don't need a magazine to tell me why.
I don't wanna date only who they tell me to date.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter.
Can't I laugh for myself?
I think I've got a region in my brain for humor.
I don't even need to hear them ask me why.
I don't wanna laugh only when they tell me to laugh.
If I consider that I may as well die.
Canned laughter. Can't I laugh for myself? (2x)
Angels & Dolphins
Angels and dolphins. (2x)
Swimming in the water or flying in the sky. (2x)
Angels and dolphins. (3x)
Angels and dolphins. (2x)
Swimming in the water or flying in the sky. (2x)
Angels and dolphins. (3x)
Memories of Heaven on a Warm Summer Day
I'm making my plans.
I'm making my plans to leave.
But I don't think it's time.
Will I survive here for more than another year?
I hope I'll remain fine.
Only time will tell if I will be well.
I gotta make it out alive
so the world I find is the world I need.
Cuz it lives inside me, and it eats me away:
memories of heaven on a warm summer day.
It's time to leave. (6x)
I'm making my plans.
I'm making my plans to leave.
But I don't think it's time.
Will I survive here for more than another year?
I hope I'll remain fine.
Only time will tell if I will be well.
I gotta make it out alive
so the world I find is the world I need.
Cuz it lives inside me, and it eats me away:
memories of heaven on a warm summer day.
It's time to leave. (6x)
Black Paper Skates
Remember my design:
scissored flowers glued under fake sunshine
(real in my heart and mind)
I always see this frozen time
ice forever blue in my heart and mind
black paper skates there shine
Remember my design:
scissored flowers glued under fake sunshine
(real in my heart and mind)
I always see this frozen time
ice forever blue in my heart and mind
black paper skates there shine
Whisper
Whisper (2x)
But why?
When there is nothing that I can do.
But I wanna know,
could there be something more?
Maybe there is more I can live by.
Maybe there is more I came to find.
But there is nothing that I can do.
Autumn day.
Hear the sound.
See the leaves
touch the ground.
And whisper. They whisper.
There is nothing I can do to make
you feel the way I want you to.
Whisper (2x)
But why?
When there is nothing that I can do.
But I wanna know,
could there be something more?
Maybe there is more I can live by.
Maybe there is more I came to find.
But there is nothing that I can do.
Autumn day.
Hear the sound.
See the leaves
touch the ground.
And whisper. They whisper.
There is nothing I can do to make
you feel the way I want you to.
Go On
There's one thing that I don't understand.
Why suddenly you've got to find your way home.
Fair in the deadest of the evening, cry on.
Ask me why I treat you this way.
I won't say anything. I can't.
I need to find a way to go on like you did.
In my life, there's no hope, there's no direction.
I need to find a way to go on like you did. (2x)
There's one thing that I don't understand.
Why suddenly you've got to find your way home.
Fair in the deadest of the evening, cry on.
Ask me why I treat you this way.
I won't say anything. I can't.
I need to find a way to go on like you did.
In my life, there's no hope, there's no direction.
I need to find a way to go on like you did. (2x)
Little Riddle
Through a reflection of a shadow,
I see a big puddle of sky.
What am I really looking at? (4x)
Through a reflection of a shadow,
I see a big puddle of sky.
What am I really looking at? (4x)