4. IMAGINARY ENEMIES 
Contains elements of "(Ballad of) the Hip Death Goddess" by Ultimate Spinach, "Activity Eight" & "Light Six" by Herbie Flowers & Barry Morgan, "Miles Out" by Mahavishnu Orchestra, "The Ballad of Louise" by Jeannie C. Riley, "The Bratt" by John Tropea and "House of Rock" by Captain Rock

When you can accept the worst thing
Then there's nothing else to lose
In the future we'll bury the past
Presently we act confused.
Life is full of misfortunes that never happen
Rarely feel a real moment of ease
Await the orders from our captain
Take aim at our imaginary enemies.
The sand will fall one grain at a time
The dust of yesterday is set
Body wrecked and robbed of sound mind
Less to remember more to forget
Life is full of misfortunes that never happen
Rarely feel a real moment of ease
Await the orders from our captain
Take aim at our imaginary enemies.
You can feel it in the air, so frightful, delightful.
The treasure chest has grown bare, look closely, get an eye-full.
Oh Lord!

The Album of a Year

Imaginary Enemies

5. I NEED A NIGHT LIGHT 
Contains elements of "Fine Feathered Friend" by Jeannie C. Riley, "A Minha Menina" by Os Mutantes and "Jay's Game" by Run DMC

Walking blindly through the night
Slithering shadows causing quite a fright
I remember a while ago
Strolling through a landscape filled with snow.
Wanna feel all right. I need a night light.
Retinas strain inside my skull
Headlights dim as the engine stalls
Trip into the dark unknown
Try to remember all that I've been shown.
Wanna feel all right. I need a night light.
Never know what's in the way
Never know where I'll be forced to stay
It takes more effort to get along
More opportunities to get it wrong.
Wanna feel all right. Want everything to be fine.
Spotted a faint light. In the distance it shines.

I Need a Night Light

6. IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN
Contains elements of "Fire and Brimstone" by Link Wray, "Where Are We Going?" & "Overdrive" by Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker, "Big Brother" by Tabla Beat Science, "Frozen Jap" by Paul McCartney, "Ricochet" & "Woodpecker's Confession" by Robin Russell, "Movement Nine" by Herbie Flowers & Barry Morgan, and "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?" by Soft Cell

Life's too short to argue on the internet
Curse all those faceless avatars
Took an airplane to avoid the white noise
No where on earth would be too far.
There's a price you pay, if you wanna play
It's the same old game, with new rules to obey
It's a long way down.
It takes forever and a day.
Can't go it alone
You're coming with me.
Please silence your phone
We've got real people to see.
Time to be a human being, man.
Chose my destination
Still not sure how to arrive
Longing for an explanation
It's the search that keeps my alive.
Looking for the signs, a short cut or two.
We're just flying blind, it's all we can do.
It's a long way down.
It takes forever and a day.
Can't go it alone
You're coming with me.
Please silence your phone
We've got real people to see.
Time to be a human being, man.

It's a Long Way Down

7. GROWN EYES ON MY BACK
Contains elements of "The Signs Pt. 1" by David Axelrod, "The Little Green Man Walk" & "Gooseskin" by Daniel Janin, "Mocassin" by Francois Rollland & Jean Claude Pierric, "Prince Johnny" by St. Vincent, and "Coma Chameleon" by Jamie Lidell

Find myself living here, if only half the time
Suffer a guilty conscience for uncommitted crimes.
Only a day away, from living out the dream
Without compromise, or going to extremes.
I don't care about feelings, only care about facts
Don't like what the world's dealing, grown eyes on my back
Even the winners are losing, when a deck's too stacked
No time to be snoozing, grown eyes on my back
It's just what humans do, try to hold your tongue
We celebrate ourselves, enough for everyone.
Traps lay in wait, to step in or avoid
I'm not a superstar, I'm a super trapezoid.
I don't care about feelings, only care about facts
Don't like what the world's dealing, grown eyes on my back
Even the winners are losing, when a deck's too stacked
No time to be snoozing, grown eyes on my back

Grown Eyes on My Back

8. REALLY PHUCKIN' GOOD
Contains elements of "Asincronia" by Alessandro Alessandroni, "La fin de la vie, le début de la Survivance" by Cheval Fou, "Rational Anthem" by Gong, "Oh Man" by Armegeeddon, "Canottaggio" by Remigio Ducros, "Trip" by Emma De Angelis, "Les Garde Volent au Secours du Ro" by Jean-Claude Vannier, and "Rock Out" by Art Ensemble of Chicago 

I don't have much to say
Don't need words, just need action.
Need some action to take.
To master anything
All it takes is lots of practice.
Time spent is hard to fake.
Keep those eyes on the prize,
No good comes from could or should.
And that's how we do it,
And we do it really phuckin' good.
Fear is the cheapest seat
Comes with a wall, built to block your view.
Sequestered to the dark.
Every saint has a past
Every sinner, has a future too
This dog ain't lost its bark.
Keep those eyes on the prize,
No good comes from could or should.
And that's how we do it,
And we do it really phuckin' good.

Really Phuckin' Good

9. MAY YOUR FEET NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND
Contains elements of "See How A White Negro Flies" by Out of Focus, "La frite équatoriale" by Francois de Roubaix, "Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahin" by Usha Khanna, "Si Ma Chanson Pouvait" by Valerie Lagrange, "River Song" by Dennis Wilson, "Look Around" by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, "Astral Abuse" by Alpha Beta, and "Sing From Dream" by Sin Fang

Paid my fair share
All aboard the screen door sailboat
We go no where
But somehow we manage to stay afloat.
When the world calls out your name
Walk toward the sound
Make your own piece of Heaven
And may your feet never touch the ground.
It's great to dream, it's great to wake up
We live the lives that we choose to make up,
Trouble comes when good folks lose sight
And behave corruptly just to stay alive.
When the world calls out your name
Walk toward the sound
Make your own piece of Heaven
And may your feet never touch the ground.

May Your Feet Never Touch the Ground

10. A TREE STILL STANDING
Contains elements of "Hymn to Mother Earth" by Demon Fuzz, "One More Saturday Night" & "Soup" by Can, "Granny's Groove" by The Soul Snatchers, "High Tiding" by Nick Waterhouse, "High on the Ceiling" by Anya Marina, and "Greylands" by Lost Animal

It's never too late, to learn something new
Felt great discomfort, with every branch I grew.
The wind's will shake me, watch my trunk sway
Lightning could break me, and I can't run away.
I'm a tree still standing
Feel my roots expanding
Trying to get a better look.
All of my fine feathered friends, come to visit me
Tell me of their travels, world's I'll never see.
The wind's will shake me, watch my trunk sway
Lightning could break me, and I can't run away.
I'm a tree still standing
Feel my roots expanding
Trying to get a better look.
I can't get enough, get enough of the light
Need to grow up tall and reach the sky that glows above so bright
Soon enough I reached the sun, the heat did not agree with me
Longing for some shade as I watch hot flames replace my leaves
I'm a tree still standing
Feel my roots expanding
Trying to get a better look.

A Tree Still Standing

11. THE FIRST DAY AFTER ETERNITY
Contains elements of "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" by Junior Mance, "I Want to Live" by Paul Mauriat, "Cirotil" by Sandro Brugnolini, "Balek" by Marc Moulin, "Take Me to the River" by The Talking Heads, and "The Sideshow" by DJ Shadow

Life takes true courage
Death is easy as saying goodbye
The rich will start wars
In which the poor will die, over and over again.
How will we spend the first day after eternity?
Problems are easy to find
Shining in day-glow
The devil is right here
He brings Hell wherever he goes, over and over again.
Don't want to come back had my fill of work and toil
How many corpses have I left to rot in the soil?
How will we spend the first day after eternity?

The First Day After Eternity

12. CLINICALLY CYNICAL
Contains elements of Magic Sam riffing, "Activity Seven" by Herbie Flowers & Barry Morgan, "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" by Johnny Jenkins, "Trick Pony" by Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Psychotic Reaction" by Count Five, "Fiebre (Fever)" by Los Johnny Jets, "Hit or Miss" by Bo Diddley, "You Must Learn" by Boogie Down Productions, "Use Your Language" by J. Roddy Walston & The Business, "My Kinda Lover" by Billy Squier, and "Barabajagal" by Donovan

Gonna dip my toe in
Good idea to test the water first
Bobbing in an ocean
Yet I find myself dying of thirst.
Suffering is oh so easy
Grown clinically cynical, oh no!
We get all dressed up
Just to get messed up and end up alone
In giant houses
Made of glass, armed to the teeth with piles of stones
Anger is oh so easy
Grown clinically cynical, oh no!
My pony ran away, I find myself with no recourse
I don't plan to stay, sit on a saddle with no horse
And a horse is a horse, of course, of course
A horse is a horse, of course, of course, oh yeah (repeat)

Clinically Cynical

contains elements of “World as One” by Sam Spence

When he's not working on illustrations or animating, Jeff Drew is busy making music. Check out a few of his most recent albums released under the moniker The Quick Brown Fox.

I Need a Night Light

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