SUNS SET
I’m waiting for the nite to come
I’m waiting for the nite to come
I’m waiting for the nite to come
I’m waiting for the nite to come

In the red rays of a dying sun
I’m waiting for the nite to come
Booming surf across the bay
Metal waves rolling night and day
Canisters marked with skull and bones
Click against the shoreline stones

What will be in the days ahead
Will it be armies of the living dead
What will be there when the sun comes up
Will there ever be a loving touch

On the wine of evening airs
Gaudy music of war-torn fairs
Roundabout of skeletal frames
Going round and round again
In my ears calliopes sound
A new age gets off the ground

What will be in the days ahead
Will it be armies of the living dead
What will be there when the sun comes up
Will there ever be a loving touch

You should seek other countries
Choose your friends more carefully
The leading kings of foreign lands
Your destiny is within their hands
You seek justice of lasting peace
Violence is all you meet

What will be in the days ahead
Will it be armies of the living dead
What will be there when the sun comes up
Will there ever be a loving touch

Words by Peter Greatorex.
Copyright ℗ 2009 D & G Music / Explicit Music.

Suns Set

Lyrics by ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex.
Music by George Davies / ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex.

Copyright ℗ 2009 D & G Music / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

Vocals and 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.

Cover Art:
“Shapes Cross-Twist 1: Ignition” by Peter Greatorex
See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Copyright © 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
Zakk Black – guitars, vocals
Josh Reynes – synths
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:
* The lyrics for this song were written 25th June 2009.
* Dark Company used the DSK Analog Matrix synth for three of the keyboard sounds (https://www.dskmusic.com/).
* Two of them are big pad sounds that play in unison, with shared heavy reverb and flange, so are hard to tell apart.
* The lead guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden, as is the rhythm guitar part to the right.
* The rhythm guitar to the left is Nicodemus.
* Pete simply couldn’t remember the vocal melody for this, so a unison guitar was tracked to help him along.
* Dark Company ditched the unison guitar parts where Pete is singing and used it in the solo.
* It’s the filthy dirty one that always seems to sound slightly surprised.
* Pete wrote this before various members of Wud Records left the uk and, like many of his other lyrics, it turned out to be extraordinarily prophetic.