Dark Company: Committed (alpha mix)

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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

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