It's Not Me

© 2014 Mark Cote

emotional sand trap pulled me down
I used to wear a smile I wear a frown
but I know it's only locked up in my head
I know I only stumbled I'm not dead

clouded words said to me in vain
like a raincoat worn out in the rain
it didn't make me weak it made me strong
I'm not the same person since you've gone

(chorus)  and when the sun shines again my way
                  there's nothing you can do or you can say
                  for when I found that strength locked up in me
                  your negativity is lost out on the sea
                  It's not me
                  it's not me
                  it's not me

without happiness you feel blind
believing in yourself and you'll be fine
know the words I say are very true
because they worked for me they'll work for you

(chorus)

In This Duality

© 2014 Mark Cote

outside your mind walk with me
beyond the world we're told to see
where everything you think is real
peaceful love is all you feel
come along
come along

when a global SOS
so many souls don't pass the test
a chosen few and me and you
learn to live a life anew
come along
come along

(chorus) over the sunshine
                 over the night
                 wonders of the world now seem so right
                 in this duality
                 in this duality
                 now our eyes see it all so clear
                 stay right here
                 in this duality
                 in this duality

what we'll find on the other side
it's not about what's yours or what's mine
it's all left behind when we go
what remains is the love that we've shown
come along
come along

if it won't
help us grow
then we don't
wanna know
can't waste time on triviality
complacency

(chorus)

Butterfly

© 2014 Mark Cote

I'd been searching what seemed a lifetime
relenting she lives in my dreams
my heart made a sound
when you came around
Hoping you feel the same

I know you're stepping out on your own
but since we've met I just want you to know
my heart is for you
if it's me who you choose
if it's not may only love come to you

(chorus) heart flies
                sunny days
                butterfly
                don't fly away
                I'll never hold you down
                but blessed if you would stay...
                rainbow eyes
                look at me
                thought my heart was blind
                but now I see...

many souls that you can choose from
and may my words not scare you away
but I think I've found
I won't look around
'til you decide my heart will just wait

we all walk on this path alone
friends and lovers may come and go
you've touched my soul
even when I grow old
I'll remember that for all time

(chorus)

Bridled Butterfly

© 2014 Mark Cote

caged butterfly
who bleeds you of color
when once you soared
now you just flutter

Now a pale moth
curled on the floor
the key at your feet
will open the door (can you reach) (can you reach)

(chorus) tell me
                 tell me
                 can you find the strength
                 to escape a world
                 you were never meant
                 to be
                 bridled butterfly
                 tell me
                 tell me
                 Where yesterdays went
                 would they want
                 to see
                 a bridled butterfly

a boy can see
through stained window panes
the story unfold
and love it restrains

a TV show
that touches his heart
the plot oh too real
as she plays her part

(chorus)

(bridge) if he could
              wrap his heart around her
              she could fly
              she could fly
              she could fly
              if she knew
              she probably would
              but he just sighs
              he just sighs
              he just sighs

(chorus)

Half Past Wine

© 2014 Mark Cote

daydream girl
we almost met
I got here early
did you forget

lost in traffic
another street
maybe a touch of
fearful cold feet

(chorus) If you were gonna be here girl
                 you shoulda took the train
                 the more I'm looking
                 the more it's getting late
                 now I'm drinking
                 and start to feel fine
                 you may as well forget it
                 'cause it's half past wine

been there before
you could have called
you lost my number
your car was stalled

so hard to admit
a change of heart
if we can't be honest
where do we start

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

Lesson Learned

© 2014 Mark Cote

empty souls that prostitute
to corporation greed
on a sunny April morn
another mouth to feed

smiling snakes that will bite
try to poison you
know not what they say
know not what they do

scripted words make me ill
like some ugly jagged pill
the game's the same
changing names
who is really to blame

(chorus)  here I am
                  Lesson learned
                  now I'm so much wiser
                  Though I'm burned
                  walk again
                  my future's so much brighter
                  picking up the pieces
                  down the road I turn
                  lesson learned

everyone is disposable
to a corporate need
chattering mosquitos
prick you 'til you bleed

economic slavery
in this world we live
so much that has been taken
so little that we give

(chorus)

lying here in my bed
I wonder where we'll go
fragile steps unknown road
would be different than we've known

Mumbles McGintee

© 2014 Mark Cote

through the clear
I hear a rumble
sounds like words
but words are crumbled

In that world
of jibberish sense
misheard words
are your defense

(chorus)  it was
                  mumbles mcgintee
                  what was it you say
                  talking to yourself
                  in no particular way
                  its erratic
                  is it static
                  what was it you say
                  it was mumbles mcgintee
                  in no particular way

said to me
or said to you
under their breath
nobody knew

passive aggressive
a sideways slam
hard to tell
I don't give a damn

(chorus)