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