A Stone Can Bleed

© 2013 Mark Cote

Thought I mastered lonely
just a ship on the sea
thought I knew heartbreak
it could never touch me

you were out of control
how could I know
what was about to be

blinded in her shadow
forgot all the nights
colors of the rainbow
but something's not right

(chorus) if you don't
                 fall on the floor
                 crawl on the floor
                 you'll never believe
                 if you don't walk through the night
                 alone in the fight
                 you may never see
                 that a stone can bleed

hindsight looks so clearly
when you're blind at the start
never know where you've been
'til you're not where you are

you were out of control
how could I know
what was about to be

(chorus)

Don't Lord Over Me

© 2014 Mark Cote

(chorus) Don't lord..... over me
                  Don't lord..... over me
                  feeling like you need to beat your chest
                  Don't lord..... over me

                  Don't lord..... over me
                  Don't lord..... over me
                  down your nose no better than the rest
                  Don't lord..... over me

single view mind
play between the lines
someone else's words
are all you can find
what's missing in your self esteem
that makes you
that makes you
lord over me

(chorus)

you're not so tough
they just want you to be
nobody's gonna do
my thinking for me
you'll never know
never will see
because you
because you
lord over me

(chorus)

Take It Back

© 2014 Mark Cote

give a kiss and you take it back
take it back
take it back
take it back

say you're a friend and you take it back
take it back
take it back
take it back

(chorus) take it back
                 was it worth it anyway
                 when a love I thought was real
                 when I just learned how to feel
                 recoils cold in my hand
                 like the sea pulls from the sand
                 when all you do is
                 take it back

give a gift and you take it back
take it back
take it back
take it back

never know what you could’ve had if you take it back
take it back
take it back
take it back

(chorus)

one day
when your conscience clears
your heart will cry
alligator tears
for the ones who could’ve cared
are no longer here
can't take it back

(chorus)

Here I am Just Taking It In

© 2014 Mark Cote

see the children playing in the park
from the sunrise through the day until it's dark
the sense of wonder in their eyes
is something I can empathize
here I am just... taking it in

couples walk hand in hand on a sunny beach
that warming touch always in reach
watching it all as the play unfolds
seeing love bloom so nice to behold
here I am just... taking it in

(chorus) Taking it in...
                  through a window of my own design
                  taking it in...
                  watching the world go by outside
                  taking it in...
                  through kaleidoscope eyes
                  taking it
                  taking it
                  taking it in

the trials of man chasing his tail
while dreamers still are filling their sails
hands are tied in a game this large
and you never know who's really in charge
and here I am just... taking it in

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