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The Myth of Sisyphus

by Mark Sheeky

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1.
I, Sisyphus 05:00
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I've been pushing this rock For a million years Through this desert black And my tempest tears With an ice wind and rain against me And a far-away peak to tempt me And I scream to the void To the gods above And I feel no anger I feel no love And I hear no voices back As I roll my friend along the track Just a cawing of a raven black Evermore I've been rolling this rock of pain I've been rolling this rock of pain Up this hill And I see the bones of those before me And I know the world will just ignore me Or tell me to stop But I won't Until I reach the top. My skin is getting thin And my arms are broke But my will is stronger Than this cursed yoke And I cry to the shades around As I struggle on broken ground And I hear no voices back As I roll my friend along the track Just a cawing of a raven black Evermore I've been rolling this rock of pain I've been rolling this rock of pain Up this hill And I give my life to this rock Everybody keeps saying stop But I won't But I can't Until I reach the top.
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Life in the Mirror 04:42
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That's me in the mirror Those broken bits of face Without a smile That's an empty room behind me Where my parents used to live When the candle used to dance On its frightened cake But I'd rather forget Nothing is perfect We are always missing bits Broken bits Smashed away What I could have been if What I would have been if What I would be if Who I would have married if What would I have seen if Where would I have gone if What could I have done Or achieved If I'd believed or been believed In the world in the mirror In the pool of the morningtime Of life
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The Exploratory Farmer 05:48
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I rake the mud with fingers frozen Into fork, pull back to reveal Bone Bone Bone under the soil It is warm There is life here It says help! Can anyone hear me? Why am I so disconnected? What is wrong with me? I rake the mud with fingers frozen Into fork, pull back to reveal Bone Bone Bone under the soil
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Light Blue Evening 02:04
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I'll have a light blue evening I'll spend it on my own I'll watch the bright white moonrise From my window at home And when I sleep I'll dream of you But I won't want to It makes me sad But when I sleep I'll dream of you All the same So when you ask what I'll be doing You'll know what I will say I'll have a light blue evening And a dark blue day
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Nick Drake 04:08
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Shadows of amitriptyline Drift on the waters grey Behind the sun It's dead today Again And the fog radiates a voice Somewhere among things like trees Or people, standing stones That echo unthought thoughts About being alone Forever Sometimes there is no hope I float through fields Of autumn corn Heavy with the dust of dusk And falling feathers Heavy with the bells of dew Sweet, like the first star Like the last ring on the pool As it collapses to return Distorted, a gift For our dreams The rain tastes of angels That comfort as they play Behind a sun of silver And a rose moon of zen They're dead today Again They're dead today Again
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The Spare Bedroom of Reminiscence 01:47
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The lens of reminiscence How it makes things sweet How the colours feel nicer Than they were Was the loneliness Worse Was the loneliness Worse When this small bed was mine When this wallpaper was mine When my mother was younger Than me
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Child Sisyphus 01:20
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We Shall See 02:51
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Take my hand Follow me Along the paths To obscurity You might think that You're lonely Well we shall see About that won't we? See that grave Over there It is the family plot Going spare You might think That you don't care Well we shall see About that won't we? See that note book Full of dreams Perhaps it's more than What it seems Perhaps a life Has died upon its reams But we won't see About that will we?
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Fanfare for the Everworker 01:00
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I Care 01:44
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I care But I don't care That you don't care Because I care care care care care even if you don't I care even if you won't And I don't care What you think of me And I don't care If you ignore me And I don't care That you don't care About the things I care about
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The Invisible Man 03:39
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No parts No broken clockwork heart No bits of hair to depart That's me That gap inside the crowd A snowflake inside a cloud I drift inside a fog all day I close my eyes to find out that the world won't go away There's no-one to believe me There's nothing left to leave My body is clear as air There's no eye that can see me I blinked and I was gone I woke up to find myself Invisible Too bad My happy life went sad I've turned from obscure to mad I call But make no sound at all The mirror just shows the wall Is this what it feels like to die? Appealing to a frozen sun inside a silent sky There's no-one to believe me There's nothing left to leave My body is clear as air There's no eye that can see me I blinked and I was gone I woke up to find myself Invisible
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The Problem of Suicide 04:18
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I think of suicide, every day It is the reflection, of death That fills me with joy, as I roll My rock in the heat In the rain To the best Of my ability For I am master of my domain And an alternative of oblivion Is infinitely worse than any toil And knowing this Sets me free From humanity And I find love, knowing that All of my actions are indelibly Branded on the universe And that even my most casual exhalations Make a difference

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Fostered in the extraordinary year of solitude and struggle that was 2020, this album began as an idea about working on something with care and attention in obscurity. Though not as bleak as Camus' philosophy, or directly inspired by it, there is a nod to the work, a comment on the affirmation of life vs. death too. The tracks are unified musically and thematically, and tell a story in images. We move between a windswept hilltop and bleak interiors as we roll our rock along the eternal journey.

A Sisyphean six months in development, The Myth of Sisyphus is Sheeky's first album to feature live guitars throughout as well as his now usual live piano, keyboards, and vocals. Mark upgraded his studio equipment and software several times during development, and some new audio effects made it into this album. Or course, as with all of Mark's albums, all of the audio effects are unique and self-designed, he does not use commercial plug-ins.

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released April 8, 2021

Composed, produced, and performed by Mark Sheeky.

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Mark Sheeky Crewe, UK

Mark Sheeky is a surrealist artist from the North of England. His music began as synth, game influenced, music then experimental classical piano and art rock/art pop, and surrealist rock music.

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