Music by G. Davies. Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, 1993. Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Performers: George Davies – synths, sequencer
KILLER Learning is a clock with only one hand Dreaming is a beach with speaking sands Knowledge is a vice that grips a man And Cain was a killer that didn’t understand
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string Time is a bird that cannot sing And you can’t stop the rain with anything Except love
Wanting is a boat that doesn’t know the sea Needing is a pain that hurts to be free Waiting is a lock that doesn’t have no key And Cain was a killer that could have been me
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string Time is a bird that cannot sing And you can’t stop the rain with anything Except love
War is a sore that won’t go away Night is a bruise on the skin of day Children are the reason that you say you’ll stay And Cain was a killer who got clean away
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string Time is a bird that cannot sing And you can’t stop the rain with anything Except love
Teachers are people who shoot at sparks Lessons are knives that shine in the dark Sins are boats on the lake in the park And Cain was a killer right there at the start
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string Time is a bird that cannot sing And you can’t stop the rain with anything Except love
Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) Wud Records 2010, (p) Explicit Music 1993.
When Dark Company went digital in 1992, George and Jeff spent a long time making Cubase play all of their songs and many new songs were written at this time also. This is a fairly embryonic version of Killer that was transferred to the Atari. Some of the main musical themes of the original are evident. It doesn’t have a proper ending as such. Nothing further was done with this but we felt it had a quaint charm all of its own and we felt that Dark Company fans would be interested to hear some of this rare material. This track first appeared as a bonus track on the reissue of Signmaker in 2000. This is more of an & co piece as Pete is not featured in this version.
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