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The Driftwood Project

by Jack Badcock

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1.
Entropy 03:35
Every castle made of sand And every picture drawn by hand And every maker of all that was ever made Every heart was ever broken In every language ever spoken And all yet still to be awoken to this world [Chorus]
 Threads of our reality Woven in this tapestry For all it’s intricacies Will all in time succumb to entropy Every deity ever died for And every cause yet still to fight for And everything we’ve learned and what we’ve come to be Every society that’s been and all the tragedy they’ve seen And every culture and invention yet to be [Chorus] Just a note of dust suspended in a sunbeam A pale blue dot holds all we’ve ever known And through the musings of our origins and why The universe itself has come to know x2 That every animal and flora and every planet’s bright aurora All the life was every lived on every world Was only ever gonna be a fleeting blink of history Of which I’m glad I’ve laid my humble eyes upon [Chorus] Easy enough for some to see It isn’t enough for some to be In this mere reality For all it’s intricacies Will all in time succumb to entropy
2.
On approach of a new skyline Unfamiliar to my eyes But it's greyness it belies what is in store For a group of hardly men at all Un-sober and so free In such a place to be The very most of who we can be for tonight [Chorus] All I want to be is there or anywhere Anywhere but here Strangers and myself and those are dearest to me Moments most sincere Where the humid air reminds me that I'm so far from my home For no reason but to roam and be alive And a story like no other has Made every place to be What it's become for us to see In this ever growing tree the human tale [Chorus] To be anywhere but here To be anywhere at all To be on a square I've never seen In a bar I've never been Ordering a drink in a language I don't speak That would mean the world to me That would mean the world to me Just anywhere at all that isn't here [Chorus]
3.
Penny Sweets 05:05
Spending all our money on penny sweets And living only for today I’m sure we’ve been here since but the wallpaper was different A darker shade of blue When all we’d need to know Was how to grow a driftwood tree And live easy and be free Crossing borders all through the night on board a sleeper With no time at which to arrive The engine’s down and it might be hours before they’ll fix it But anyway we’ll be In some new place tomorrow Which is why we came to be In this place at least to see Strolling home in the early hours of a tomorrow And meanwhile swaying to and fro The ghostly calm of a dense built street that lies this empty As the city draws its breath When all we’d need All we’d need to know Was how to plant a driftwood tree Sit back and watch it grow All that’s real and means a thing is what surrounds me now Those most precious moments were the ones where this I’ve found All that’s real and means a thing is what surrounds me now Those most precious moments were the ones where this I’ve found
4.
Our Journey was already well underway Before we took flight And The Land Between Rivers would be the runway No landing strip in sight No strangers to struggle or strife in our day We’d seen it before But any such things would be nought to compare We were yet to see more Could it be that The Land Between Rivers Was the cradle of what we’d become But the grave of what we ought to be? A creature of language, no other exists Of which we’re aware But when at last put on paper, the fruits of our words Would truly come to bare With our thoughts on a page and a plough in the field The seeds would be sewn For history as we know it to begin And for land to be owned Could it be that The Land Between Rivers Was the cradle of what we’d become But the grave of what we ought to be? Euphrates to the south, the Tigris to the North A star chart in one hand and the other a sword And so it would be... We filled up our granaries, emptied the Earth We’d nations to build With armies to feed and a world to divide And a fate to fulfil From Babylon, Sumer, Sargon of Akkad A trend would arise With genocide as much as distant galaxies Reflected in our eyes Could it be that The Land Between Rivers Was the cradle of what we’d become But the grave of what we ought to be? Could it be that The Land Between Rivers Was the cradle of what we’d become But the grave of what we ought to be?
5.
Once upon a time this place Was very different to today And so tomorrow we won’t recognise Our home in many ways I think destiny’s a cop out of responsibility It seems that apathy will always be Our greatest enemy The present echoes of tobacco fields Forgotten but still heard The voice of money of which men who rule Still hang on every word The worthy struggle of a suffragette The planet to inspire We’re finding it too easy to forget What’s hanging on a wire What takes so many lifetimes to show Takes barely a lifetime to know It takes only a lifetime to grow That which once united us to be More than just an animal All invested in the same belief No matter how intangible So too our modern modes of unity World Wide Web of instancy Could yet come to set us all apart Powerless in ecstasy What takes so many lifetimes to show Takes barely a lifetime to know It takes only a lifetime to grow In a world built on yesterdays Some hard to recall We’ve to look upon our open wounds If they’re to heal at all I find it hard to see when I hear Anyone say This bird can fly some other day What takes so many lifetimes to show Takes barely a lifetime to know It takes only a lifetime to grow

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released July 30, 2021

Guitar and vocals - Jack Badcock
Piano/Keyboards (Tracks 1, 2, 5) - John Lowrie
Drums (Tracks 1, 2, 5) - Micah Johnston
Bass (Tracks 1, 2, 5) - Gus Stirrat Music
Trumpet (Tracks 1, 2, 5) - Loïc Guenneguez
Backing vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 5) - Little Acres (Rachel Lightbody, Cariss Crosbie and Emilie Boyd)
Backing vocls (Tracks 3, 4) - Hannah Rarity
1st violin (Tracks 3, 4, 5) - Seonaid Aitken
2nd violin (Tracks 3, 4, 5) - Benedict Morris
Viola (Tracks 3, 4, 5) - Patsy Reid
Cello (Tracks 3, 4, 5) - Su-a Lee

Recorded by Pablo Lafuente
Additional recording by Gus Stirrat and Jack Badcock
String arrangements by Seonaid Aitken
Mixed by Scott Wood
Mastered by Chris Waite
Artwork by Jack Badcock
Illustrations by Bobby Black

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Jack Badcock Glasgow, UK

Jack has toured extensively around the world, predominantly as frontman and founding member of his multi-award winning, band 'Dallahan'. His solo material showcases his craft of thoughtful lyrics that explore history, cosmology and personal experiences delivered with a musical sensitivity influenced by American folk, funk and soul music as much as traditional music from Britain and Ireland. ... more

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