On The Top Of Forever

© 2011 Mark Cote

my tears into your glass they are wine
does it sweeten your chardonnay
swirls of futures past now define
in a peculiar way

my thorns to your rose on the ground
but would it smell quite as sweet
had they not been seen not been found
or wilted at your feet

but where
do you go when you reach the top
and will it
will it ever
will it ever stop

(chorus) on the top
                 top of forever
                 on the top you said never
                 never's a long way down
                 on the top is it better
                 to see a rainbow alone
                 on the top
                 top of forever

(instrumental)

stars into the light they don't shine
just something to remember
that smile that you decline
on an oh so cold September

but where
do you go when you reach the top
and will it
will it ever
will it ever stop

(chorus)

In This Orchestra

© 2012 Mark Cote

I love you
I hate you
I can never replace you
we're 2 strings on a guitar
a guitar of love
playing out our part
in a symphony
a symphony of life

listen to the choir
sing in harmony
doesn't sound the same to me
if we don't resonate the tones
we both play all alone

(chorus) in this orchestra
                where we all play a part
                in this orchestra
                if we play from heart to heart
                and though the words we know may never come
                you're a part of me
                in this orchestra

distant drums
never sound the same
to ears that hear the pain
a whisper on the wind
or a cynic's grin

and though
we've played the notes all wrong
the feeling comes along

(chorus)
(instrumental)

when
the song we play is sad
we draw from what we had
yeah...

(chorus)

Sister Of Yesterday

© 2012 Mark Cote

this isolated sadness
olive branches die
have to do it all again
don't have the strength to try

reaching through the darkness are
temporary words
try to hold me to the dawn
if in my arms they were

(chorus) turn the leaf turn the page
                   and watch it blow away
                   turn the day turn the night
                   know it will never change
                   sister of yesterday
                   when I'm all alone
                   sister of yesterday
                   come and take me home

Sunny in the night I see
midnight every day
reverse the world that you know
you'll know best what to say

In the silence of the moon
I have to walk alone
the ones who I gave my heart
were cold as a stone

(chorus)

Three white horses come for me
three blind mice they cry
melancholy destiny
like a bird I fly

as I'm rising up I hear
as I'm looking down
a lonely whip-poor-will sing
silent in the town

(chorus)

I Missed The Boat

© 2012 Mark Cote

On the page I see your face
little girl dancing out in the sun
but the choices that we made
and the lives that we've become

at the crossroads we were scared
but time kept marching on and on
in the wind there are my words
in my heart there is your song

(chorus) I missed the boat
                now it's gone
                but the memory lingers on
                like a wave in my mind
                comes back to me all the time

as rainy tears wash on by
see the rainbow just out of reach
regrets of yesterday
as I sit out on the beach

when I dream I think of you
do you dream and think of me

(chorus)

I'll Take It On The Chin

© 2011 Mark Cote

This roller coaster ride is a merry go round
sometimes we're up sometimes we're down
my weary tears fall from your sky
but when the magic is there it's the 4th of July

the tide it comes, the tide it goes

the lonely moon can't escape the day
just like us it can't run away
there's something between us we don't know
we sometimes leave but we don't go

the tide it comes the tide it goes

(chorus) it may be a sin from where we've been
                 maybe bizarre from where we are
                what do I do about me and you
                what do I do with a girl like you
                considering where we've been
                I'll take it on the chin

did you dream up me did I dream up you
taken from the best in what we do
see it in your eyes see it in mine
as far and near as the sunshine

the tide it comes the tide it goes

(chorus)

Wherever You Go

© 2011 Mark Cote

(intro)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you

(instrumental)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you
Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

when the day has got you down
feel the world is upside down
when you wanna wear a frown
just look around
the world without a sound
leaves your head spinning round
sometimes this life will
make you feel that way

don't look down
just look up
look inside
don't look down
just look up
look inside

I am there
by your side

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

smiles you thought that you knew
when they walk away from you
and the ones that you loved
leave you astray
memories are rustic blue
thoughts of me thoughts of you
whatever you go through
just tell yourself

don't look down
just look up
look inside

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

(instrumental)

Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love is around you
Wherever you go
no matter how far
my love will surround you

drying a blue tear
dance away your fear
whenever you need me
I am with you

(repeat to fade)

Carry Me Away

© 2011 Mark Cote

without a dawn, a colorless sky
just a freeze in June
without a flower, just a cold blue sea
under a lonely moon

treading water in a hurricane
I think of you

without a song in our heart
only empty sounds
Love's a forgotten word

when I think I can't pull it through
I think of you

(chorus) I know I'll never see you
                know I'll never reach you
                but you carry me away...
                carry me away

daydreaming boy, with wheels on the road
tomorrow is born
mirrors are gone, the road doesn't end
and this path has been worn

treading water in a hurricane
I think of you

(chorus)

missing a sign on the road
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to hide

when I think I can't pull it through
I think of you

(chorus)