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  • Dark Company: Beneath the Skin (alpha mix)
    Beneath the Skin by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    BENEATH THE SKIN
    The secrecy of silence
    Pressing on your ear
    Velvet breath of madness
    Makes it reappear
    There in the monkey cage
    Inside your head
    Self sustaining vacuum
    On which it has fed
    Let me see it, let me see it
    Let me see it all.
    Let me see it, let me see it
    Let me see it all
    Coal black scent of memory
    Wicked phantoms heard
    Cobalt childhood summer
    In my mind lines are blurred
    Calling up reservists
    Resources of your soul
    You can hear them coming
    Ready to unfold
    Let me feel it, let me feel it
    Let me feel it all
    Let me feel it, let me feel it
    Let me feel it all
    Curious crustaceans
    Shining in the dark
    Try to find their origin
    What makes them glow'n' spark
    Memories so mindless
    Twining through your dreams
    Within oblivion
    Are hiding your schemes
    I will take it, I will take it
    I will take it all
    I will take it, I will take it
    I will take it all
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex 18th April 2011.
    Music by George Davies/Peter Greatorex
    Copyright © 2011 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zak Black - guitars, backing vocals
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Cover Art:
    “Vagina Wall” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-5/
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * The guitars for this are not especially well tuned.
    * This is because the ideas came so fast it was more important to get them down than anything else.
    * Beneath the Skin was another of composer George's baby daughter's favourite songs.
    * It was used to dance her to sleep when she was aged 12-15 months.
    * All the guitar parts are played on Nicodemus and are first take.
    * The right rhythm guitar is played with fingers, the left with a plectrum.
    * The 1-bar bass break isn't quite the right part.
    * This was the first 'wow-factor' demo from the various rock tracks that make up the album.
    * It may become the first single from the album as well.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/beneath-the-skin
    5 min
  • Dark Company: The Borrowers (alpha mix)
    The Borrowers by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    THE BORROWERS
    Belief weighs down the scales of wonder
    You gotta move quick get out from under
    Time cuts minutes of shiny brass
    Happy at its appointed task
    The hour-hammer hits a brazen gong
    The notes ring out the day bells' song
    Corkscrew pulls out the cork of life
    Sun's ray cuts like a golden knife
    Hear the music of the atmosphere
    The rain is gone the sky is clear
    Clouds of weeks queue far away
    Will they go or will they stay
    Counselled ministers’ social space
    Never quite meeting face to face
    Translate the years as stepping stones
    Leaving love in the end-game zone
    Trying to avoid the sad parade
    Pretending it's like some charade
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex September 10th-14th 2013.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
    Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zak Black - clean guitar, backing vocal
    Barry Bridges - dirty guitar
    Josh Reynes - piano, organ, keys
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Cover Art:
    “Vimana” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-6/
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * The lyrics for this song were written 10th to 14th September 2013.
    * George would wail away softly to his baby daughter whilst dancing her to sleep.
    * This was how the backing vocal part came to him.
    * On this recording it sounds like somebody deflating a goose with a terrible beak ache.
    * The guitars and bass were both one long take that end when they end.
    * The clean guitar in the left is the one that was played as Pete was singing.
    * The guitars will be arranged a bit better when we come back to work on this song.
    * The three verses are repeated thrice.
    * It somehow feels right, despite it being a bit odd.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/the-borrowers
    5 min
  • Dark Company: Red Sun (alpha mix)
    Red Sun by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    RED SUN
    Desperation dominoes from Tipped-Over Lane
    Cascading cubic stones
    Headlong rocky rain
    Living through the sleet of love
    Nothing ever seems enough
    Your life’s in the frame
    Your life’s in the frame
    Your life’s in the frame
    Your life’s in the frame
    Corrugated calculus from Ripple Park Road
    Cobble heavy meteors
    Hitting you real slow
    Landing in a heart of sparks
    Lighting up the sooty dark
    The sea tides ebb and flow
    The sea tides ebb and flow
    The sea tides ebb and flow
    The sea tides ebb and flow
    Summerland summaries from memory’s shelves
    Stunning colour picture books
    Of photos of ourselves
    Pulled out of the buckets
    Taken from the wells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Ask time if it tells
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex, September 26th 2012.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex
    Copyright © 2012 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zak Black - guitars
    Josh Reynes - keys
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Cover Art:
    “Germinating Worlds” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-6/
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * Red Sun is a song in the key of E minor.
    * The rhythm guitars are the Stratocaster to the right and the Ice Maiden to the left.
    * The lead guitar poured forth from the ether very quickly.
    * So did the piano.
    * The power supply for the keyboard was probably the last bit of broken electrical gear that Pete fixed for us before he passed away.
    * In the demo with just guitar and voice we could hear this was a fantastic song
    * We love the imagery in Pete's lyrics.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/red-sun
    4 min
  • Dark Company: Corner Clowns (alpha mix)
    Corner Clowns by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    CORNER CLOWNS
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Slippin’ round the edge of a hidden door
    Waving at me daily from across the floor
    Dancing through the dark in a conga line
    Kicking up their legs, they look so fine
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Slidin’ down the walls from the picture rails
    Shouting at me rudely in grunts and wails
    Hopping up and down in a vulgar way
    Singing their songs of yesterday
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Living in the skirting boards mouse’s holes
    Showing me proudly what they stole
    Shining lights round my room at night
    But I keep my eyes shut real tight
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Here they come again, I see them
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex, June 12th 2011.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
    Copyright © 2011 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “Marklar! (South Park)” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-6/
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zak Black - guitars
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * This classic rock number has a Tim Curryesque cabaret feel to it.
    * It is also a somewhat comical piece of cock-rock.
    * The key is E major and it is 145 BPM.
    * It describes the spirits and ghosts that lurk in corners when it's dark.
    * Perhaps this is a song for the children, but maybe not very young children.
    * Corner Clowns has a wonderful fun feel to it somehow.
    * The guitar break between verses two and three was composed by George when he was about five years old.
    * This was following a rather tedious morning in Sunday School somewhere in London, which he attended only thrice.
    * An older girl was grumpy that he had coloured somebody in with green skin.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/corner-clowns
    4 min
  • Dark Company: Head Rush (alpha mix)
    Head Rush by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    HEAD RUSH
    The clamour and the glamour
    Meets itself coming back
    Elastic plastic waif child
    A curve ball of attack
    The reaching and the preaching
    You know it is all lies
    Cruel jewelled God's eye
    From Lord of the Flies
    Look me up, look me up, wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    Look me up, look me up wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    The pushing and the shoving
    All trying to get in front
    Frantic antics crawl along
    Life is just a stunt
    The sulking and the skulking
    Politics of hate
    Jammed in the slammer
    Prisoners of fate
    Look me up, look me up, wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    Look me up, look me up wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    The calling and the stalling
    Sees itself in the glass
    Coming from the left field
    All life is a farce
    The leaving and the grieving
    Of love's labours lost
    Wide tides the full Moon
    The land bears the cost
    Look me up, look me up, wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    Look me up, look me up wherever you are
    Look me up, look me up, I haven't gone far
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex, April 9th 2011.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex
    Copyright © 2011 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “My World” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/
    This arrangement by Dark Company.
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zakk Black - guitars
    Josh Reynes - synthesizers
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
    * His vocals were lifted from the demo and cleaned up a bit.
    * Well, quite a lot actually. :)
    * There was always something a bit 'Hawkwind' about this track, right from the creation and the first demo.
    * Perhaps Pete being friends with band Hawkwind in the 1970s and 80s was a factor.
    * The addition of the second guitar gave the track a slight Ultravox or maybe The Fall feel.
    * Although the synths aren't quite right, they are in the right general area.
    * Josh used synths from DSK Music, many of which are free.
    * DSK synths are available here: https://www.dskmusic.com/
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/head-rush
    4 min
  • Dark Company: Black Lite (alpha mix)
    Black Lite by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    BLACK LITE
    I hear noises in the walls
    They don’t bother me at all
    There are voices in my head
    I never hear what is said
    I’m a well adjusted loon
    I only dance to my own tune
    A majority of one
    I’m a vagabond of fun
    All alone inside the bus
    Riding there without fuss
    All the moons have gone away
    Cos the night has turned to day
    World there in a tear drop
    A crystal liquid full stop
    Can you hear the rabid choir
    Singing liar, liar, liar
    Now and then I look around
    Just to see what’s going down
    Well past my sell-by date
    I am fashionably so late
    All I ask of the night
    Keep on shining your black lite
    All I ask of the sun
    Is please give me back the fun
    I hear noises in the walls
    They don’t bother me at all
    There are voices in my head
    I never hear what is said
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex May 7th-8th 2013.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex
    Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “In a Drop of Water” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-7/
    This arrangement by Dark Company.
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zakk Black - guitars
    Barry Bridges - guitar
    Josh Reynes - synthesizers, piano, programming
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums, programming
    Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
    * His vocals were lifted from the demo and cleaned up a bit.
    * Well, quite a lot actually. :)
    * At the end of the demo version, the bass continued on for a while alone.
    * It played some interesting things, which have been captured and sprinkled here and there throughout the song.
    * The whistley flutey sound that appears in the fade-out came from some ghost sounds in the guitar.
    * They weren't actually there, but were clearly audible during editing.
    * They simply had to be included.
    * The guitar to the left is the Zakk on the Ice Maiden and Barry is to the right on the ESP.
    * Somehow the demo for this started on the 3-beat rather than the 1-beat.
    * All the same, the feel worked perfectly with the electronic drum rhythm.
    * That rhythm was captured as a drum sample and moved half a bar, with the end chopped off and stuck on the beginning to make it a round 4-bar sample.
    * The sample appears here and there throughout the song.
    * DSK synths used include the Zith, the Zeth, the Oranze, and The Grand with a ton of reverb.
    * DSK synths are available for free here: https://www.dskmusic.com/
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/black-lite
    4 min
  • Dark Company: Conspiracy (alpha mix)
    Conspiracy by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    CONSPIRACY
    Sticks of certain sizes
    Propped against the walls
    Measuring the sunlight
    As down on us it falls
    Stoney lonesome statues
    Rising from the ground
    Hidden in the woods and sand
    They speak without a sound
    Coral babies reefshine
    Growing through the sea
    Hiding cunning fishes
    Hiding away from me
    I caught the careful current
    That eddies through the town
    I use a Baja surfboard
    So I can get around
    Sleeping fabled monsters
    Waking just to eat
    Scooping all the brains out
    Of every skull they meet
    Chalking up the numbers
    On cave wall lists of stone
    To be re-found down the ages
    On the world called home
    Every ancient people
    Have legends of the stars
    Of those who came to visit
    And made us what we are
    Every race and tribe does have
    Symbols for the Gods
    That came down from the Heavens
    In living breathing pods
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex 10th July 2010.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
    This arrangement by Dark Company.
    Copyright © 2010 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “Species 4” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-7/
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Zakk Black - guitars
    Josh Reynes - synthesizers
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * The lyrics for this song were written 10th July 2010.
    * This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
    * His vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.
    * Well, quite a lot actually. :)
    * Dark Company never got a full take of Pete's vocal for this.
    * We are hoping to find someone with the right kind of voice to fill in the gaps.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/conspiracy
    5 min
  • Dark Company: Project Terminated (demo)
    Project Terminated by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    PROJECT TERMINATED
    Crimson schizoid hollow man
    Twenty first century airport scan
    Marked flood upon the shore
    Apocalyptic foreign war
    Greed has come and the money’s gone
    Now we pay for others' wrongs
    Atlas says he’s getting tired
    The trouble is he can’t be fired
    More and more the souls pile on
    Already things begin to go wrong
    The prophecies of theosophy
    Says voices shout “You’re killing me”
    Let me tell you of all my fears
    You got to listen so you can hear
    I worry when I seem to know
    More than that they say is so
    Truth is thought no longer right
    “Certainly” becomes “maybe”, “might”
    Nostradamus said so much
    Reached from history with his touch
    He spoke of the end of the human race
    Now it’s staring us in the face
    We can no longer steer the ship
    It’s gone too far to stop the trip
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex January 12th 2011.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex
    This arrangement by Dark Company.
    Copyright © 2011 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “Give It All You've Got!” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
    Barry Bridges – guitar
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * Pete bought a funny purple plastic loudhailer toy from Maplins on the way to the studio one day.
    * He proclaimed, among other things, "Project Terminated!" into it a few times, on its most Daleky setting, which was tremendous fun.
    * The lyrics for this song were written 12th January 2011.
    * This was another of the most stand-out and immediate demo tracks.
    * Zakk has not yet recorded his guitar part for this song.
    * The guitar is not quite in tune, sadly.
    * Barry's guitar is in standard tuning, tuned down to D standard.
    * That makes the key of the song C.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/project-terminated
    5 min
  • Dark Company: Committed (alpha mix)
    Committed by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    COMMITTED
    Play strange games with what makes you real
    What you need to close the deal
    In weird ideas the difference is there
    But there is no one to really care
    To peculiar needs you have to succumb
    Or you'll never do what needs to be done
    You'll see scenery you don't understand
    Just a desert with peculiar sand
    You'll see tunnels without any ends
    Filled with messages that no one sends
    Think odd thoughts about where you have gone
    Chase the memories lingering on
    In some places are wonders that walk
    Stones that fly, walls that talk
    To these visions your mind commits
    There in your head the knowledge it sits
    You'll see scenery you don't understand
    Just a desert with peculiar sand
    You'll see tunnels without any ends
    Filled with messages that no one sends
    Porcelain pictures of mantle decor
    That is all they can be for
    In hidden shades the secrets they sit
    But that is where hammer blows hit
    And weird ideas are given birth
    Grown in the richness of your earth
    You'll see scenery you don't understand
    Just a desert with peculiar sand
    You'll see tunnels without any ends
    Filled with messages that no one sends
    Play strange games with what makes you real
    What you need to close the deal
    In weird ideas the difference is there
    But there is no one to really care
    To peculiar needs you have to succumb
    Or you'll never do what needs to be done
    You'll see scenery you don't understand
    Just a desert with peculiar sand
    You'll see tunnels without any ends
    Filled with messages that no one sends
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex 9th December 2010.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
    This arrangement by Dark Company.
    Copyright © 2010 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “Holes in My Reality 2” by Peter Greatorex.
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal
    Zakk Black – guitars, vocal
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Vocals and rhythm guitar recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.
    Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2020.
    Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    * The lyrics for this song were written 9th December 2010.
    * This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of and his vocals were lifted from the demo and cleaned up a bit.
    * Well, quite a lot actually. 🙂
    * It was during the editing of this track that the main studio computer suddenly decided to mangle itself beyond all recognition, causing weeks of delay and expensive replacement parts to be bought.
    * Fortunately no data was lost due to our cunning back-up strategies.
    * When we made the original demo of this song, it just had a chugging guitar to keep Pete in key and on time.
    * In the demo version the bass continued on for a time after the vocal and guitar, playing the gappy riff and the rhythms.
    * The ‘chug’ was replaced here by the twin lead parts, which together with the bass make up the major and minor triads that form the original chord progression (more or less).
    * The original had an electronic kit which needs to make a reappearance somewhere.
    * The lyric to this suggests the perspective of an older person looking back at his life and the pains associated with that.
    * Perhaps the older we become, the better we can relate.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/committed
    6 min
  • Dark Company: Helping Hands (demo)
    Helping Hands by Dark Company.
    From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.
    HELPING HANDS
    Rhyming time in vacuumed lines
    I hear the verses soaring
    On angels' breath the words of death
    Like fingers they’re exploring
    I feel the beat of racing wings
    I understand all these things
    Yet they are gone by morning
    Dreaming scenes in deadbeat schemes
    All are on back burners
    Spirit words that just I heard
    Said all the souls are learners
    I know the touch of tender love
    I also know it’s not enough
    You need the ground that’s firmer
    Corporate kings and financial things
    Beyond our understanding
    You can’t own the open sky
    Not even by demanding
    I like to think of hands in prayer
    Though they’re just another layer
    No one is left commanding
    Livid sky mirrored in my eye
    White cloud billows floating
    When I look round there is no sound
    The silence it is choking
    Oh see me, hear me, give me signs
    Let me feel them in my mind
    Tell me, lead me to Heaven’s end
    Where all that’s left is hoping
    Where all that’s left is hoping
    Where all that’s left is hoping
    Where all that’s left is hoping
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex 27th January 2013.
    Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
    Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
    Cover Art:
    “Hand Held” by Peter Greatorex
    See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-3/
    Performers:
    ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal
    Zakk Black – guitars
    Maxx Damage – bass
    Sven Stiglund – drums
    Vocals and rhythm guitar recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.
    Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2020.
    Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    FUN FACTS:
    * This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
    * His vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.
    * Well, quite a lot actually. :)
    * This song is a piece of classic rock in a Britpop style.
    * It is in the key of E at 91 BPM.
    * All the guitars were played on Nicodemus, with a big painful hole in the thumb of the player.
    * The chords in the verses are E B E C#m A E F# A Am6 E.
    * In the third verse Pete (accidentally) introduces an unexpected key-change.
    * There the chords are E B E Ebm G# Ebm F# A Am6 E.
    * The chords in the instrumental section are E C/G D/A.
    * Right at the very end it is E C7 E.
    * The bass part from the last verse to the end is far more challenging to play than it sounds
    * This produced a surprised "Huh? How did THAT happen?!" face on the player.
    * Helping Hands is one of those magikal Dark Company songs that can invoke goosebumps in the listener, perhaps slightly surprisingly.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
    https://linktr.ee/dark.company
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/helping-hands
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