Otesanek

from Heart of Snow by Mark Sheeky

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Mud and straggled hair,
eyes crazed in the moonlight
of the woods.
Hacking at the soil
just like the witch had told her.
Just like the witch had told her!

All she ever wanted was a baby
but her body told her no!
What is a woman to do?
What is a woman to do?

A glint of golden root
to drag back home behind her
like a dog.
Seems it has a taste for meat,
just like the witch had told her
Just like the witch had told her!

Otesanek
Eating up larder
Otesanek
Eating up the house
Otesanek
Eating up the street
Otesanek

All I ever wanted was to be a Christmas tree
with its pretty bows and bells,
and its flashy blinky lights of joy
but the forest told me no!

There goes the cat!
There goes the teacher!
There goes the policeman!
There goes his mother!
Mother! Mother! Mother!

A flash of silver
in the hands of the stern
old woman.
Hacking at the tree
just like the book had told her
Just like the book had told her!

Otesanek
Out comes the cat
Otesanek
Out comes the teacher
Otesanek
Out comes the policeman
Otesanek
Out comes the mother
Otesanek

I'm in the forest.
I'm a tiny shoot
of shivering green.

credits

from Heart of Snow, released November 11, 2022

license

about

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.

contact / help

Contact Mark Sheeky

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Mark Sheeky, you may also like:

In Time
by Our Solar System

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 26, 2016
go to album
Wntr Snds
by Haley

Adventurous EP that embodies the sound of winter through crackly old piano and hope-filled songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 12, 2013
go to album
Snowflakes in July - EP
by Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows

Three renditions of “Snowflakes in July” explore all aspects of the song’s stunning beauty, including a mind-blowing 17-minute live version. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2020
go to album
Mind Bahn
by Jouis

The spirit of the Canterbury scene is alive and well across this groovy, harmonic psychedelic suite. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 10, 2019
go to album
Before The Day Has Gone
by Bellini

Ten years may have passed since the last Bellini record, but the math rock group sound as fierce as ever. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 31, 2018
go to album
Variety of Rhythm
by Samuel Hällkvist

featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 5, 2017
go to album
Every Country's Sun
by Mogwai

On their latest LP, Mogwai broaden their palette with rich synths and icy grooves. Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 30, 2017
go to album