Anywhere But Here

© 2013 Mark Cote

Many is the time
we walk backwards in between
never seen the sides
or know just what they mean
but anywhere is better
than being so unsure
anywhere will get you
where you've not been yet before
anywhere but here

listening to the words
of heads stuck in the sand
smiling for the ones
who hold your life now in their hand
but anywhere is better
than being someone's tool
anywhere will get you
off this ship of blinded fools
anywhere but here

(chorus)  anywhere but here
                  can it really be so bad
                  anywhere but here
                  with dreams I've never had
                  anywhere....
                 anywhere but here

(instrumental)

often dreams are bled
from a smaller town
cold and unsaid
and lying underground
but anywhere is better
than nowhere here to go
anywhere I bet you
will find your place to go
anywhere but here

(chorus)

Sand In An Hourglass

© 2013 Mark Cote

you measure your smile
by some sense of wealth
some abstract sign
of your mental health

you measure your style
by something you're not
for a tail that is chased
never gets caught

(chorus)  but in the bitter end
                  in this life we pretend
                  it shall all come to pass
                  and in the end it never lasts
                  we're just sand
                  sand in an hourglass

the hands that you shake
the ones you befriend
they may only be
a passing trend

the tears that you drink
the smoking cigar
won't represent
the who that you are

(chorus)
(instrumental)

you can't read a book
if you don't write it down
with no common sense
the wisdom of clowns

the jokes of lies
that fly like leaves
are all swallowed up
by those who believe

(chorus)

All About You

© 2013 Mark Cote

You
it's what it is about
you
the sun shines 'cause of
you
when my clouded sky world slips away before your eyes
it's all about you

you
it's all about
you
and the world revolves around
you
never mind the underpinnings are falling down
when it's all about you
yeah you

(instrumental)

you
and everything that you do
yeah you
may never notice when I am gone
you
if the light only shines on
you
yeah you

(instrumental)

you
the love in a vacuum is
you
the warmth once shown now melts away
but the cold you'll hold is
you
yeah you

Why

© 2013 Mark Cote

strangers know your name
costumes all the same
as you bleed of past regrets

mask says glad you came
it's a repetitious game
and a life you can't forget

(chorus)  as life goes slipping by
                  always asking why
                  why the path in life has changed
                  as you rearrange
                  and now always asking why
                  why the dreams you had have died
                  and all you ask is why

little boy had dreams
only in his teens
a road now through the vast unknown

on a fated night
a drunkard took his sight
on a dark and lonely road

now what would he do
little boy dreams fell through
he was only walking home

(chorus)

hours that clock yesterday
won't melt memories away
all one can do is go on

It can tear you all apart
if you look deep in his heart
so he hides within the pink and purple dawn

(chorus)

Come Back Around

© 2013 Mark Cote

When bridled words tell you no
and flowered paths show nowhere to go
come around...
come back around

on a sunny day I'm looking down
I'm just a footprint on the ground
come around...
come back around

(chorus)  In this cold
                  all I hold
                  is a memory of you and of me
                  and the warmth of what once used to be
                  all I know
                  all I hold
                  as you are looking down I plea
                  come around...
                  come back around

empty faces smile worker bees
in a world I don't want to be
come around...
come back around

on this endless sea with no map
in my heart all I feel is a gap
come around...
come back around

(chorus)

every crowd makes me feel lost
losing you was a cost
come around...
come back around

(chorus)

Those Games

© 2013 Mark Cote

life in repetition
without definition
and the nothingness that they seek

it all looks so peculiar
sing your hallelujah
and a blind man walks the street

(chorus)  every summer it is raining
                  every fall is out of breath
                  and the games that we are playing
                  as winter shows the sun
                  and the games that we are playing
                  those games have now begun
                  those games have now begun

silent prophet working
while the world keeps on turning
thoughtful words seem to go unseen

drive intimidation
and covert hue persuasion
do you know what it is that I mean

(chorus)

lonely hearted fools
play by another's rules
what goes on inside their head

brainwashed breathing tools
who march another's rules
and may end up simply dead

(chorus)

tasty drink you're drinking
eating without thinking
as you slowly lose your mind

friends who really hate ya
in the sooner or the later
make you doubt what you might find

(chorus)

In The Ever After

© 2013 Mark Cote

Now the party has ended
people scatter to who knows where
the doorman coughs
but he don't show
his anguish is always there

now the church bells are ringing
politicians on their pay TV
no one cares
they just stare
how the game is shown to be

(chorus)  Where...
                  where will I find the light
                  where I know it's right
                  where...
                  where are the ones I've known
                  where did they go
                  are they here
                  or in the ever after
                  when...
                  when I can just fit in
                  and I can find a friend
                  when...
                  will it be in time
                  or...
                  in the ever after

the schoolhouse now stands empty
a symbol of what life used to be
the sidewalks are bare
people go nowhere
it's all done virtually

social conditioned people
never question what's right or wrong
do what their told
buy what is sold
not a place where I belong

(chorus)
(instrumental)

I've been feeling introspective
your secret's safe right here with me
a heart won't tell
for I know it well
the world that I have seen

(chorus)