"A Perfect Quest", to give it its full title, was a song purported for Sing Back Knightmare to perform and produce, based upon Lou Reed's "A Perfect Day". "A Perfect Day" had previously been released by various artists as part of a BBC record campaign in the '90s, and Perfect Quest was thought to be a good back-reference.

Eventually, the project had to be put on ice due to varying complications - mostly arguments about what the song should be about as it hadn't actually been written yet. Pooka suggested the idea of the song being about 'perfect quests' - that is to say, winning teams - presenting them as fallen heroes. David (Drassil) favoured a general play-by-play description of things happening, suggesting verses such as:

"Such a perfect quest,
Drank poison-turned-opposite,
Then there was a Merlin bit,
He cast HOME..."

Robin John Barlow (Mashibinbin) expressed dislike at the idea of winning teams as heroes, because he thought the expression should be reserved for people such as doctors and firemen.

Sing Back Knightmare eventually went on to choose, record, and produce All I Want Is Knightmare To View instead.

"Perfect Quest" itself was eventually written and recorded by Pooka during the following year, the lyrics beginning with the verse by David above, and continuing with lyrics by Pooka using his 'fallen heroes' idea. Unlike the other SBK songs, it was not downloadable until 2010, in which it was included as track 5 of Sing Back Knightmare: 2005-2010.

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