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
