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

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

Common Sense Come Unwound

© 2014 Mark Cote

why is it who reports what is wrong, wrong
why is the singer not the singer in the song
why, oh why

why are the ones that always pray always play
and the ones who do the work always pay
why, oh why

(chorus) when yesterday it all made perfect sense
                 when what you said was always what you meant
                 when it wasn't so upside-down
                 when it wasn't so forward turned around
                 yeah, when did common sense come unwound

why do ones who smile the most have the coldest hearts
and the ones who love the most live far apart
why, oh why

why do we live our lives for someone else
and only a few who share all the wealth
why, oh why

(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)

Does It Really Matter

© 2014 Mark Cote

How am I
then walk away
do you care
what I have to say
does it really matter
does it really matter anyway

if I'm rich
if I'm poor
another tide
on the shore
does it really matter
does it really matter anyway

(bridge) for we walk our path alone
                 the steps we take
                 are just our own
                 faces come
                 faces go
                 faces come
                 faces go

(chorus) does it really matter
                 when it's all said and done
                 as this world comes all undone
                 when our souls
                 do drift away
                 does it really matter
                 does it really matter anyway

when I trip
when I fall
another brick
upon the wall
who will wipe the tears away
does it really matter
does it really matter anyway

when my words
are a memory
when my face
 you no longer see
nothing left you can say
did I really matter
did I really matter anyway

(chorus)

All The Other Sides

© 2014 Mark Cote

sunshine
as it finally starts to rise
I open up my eyes
and smile
sunshine
warming up my face
no one sees a trace
of you

sunshine
burning up the sky
I have to wonder why
I melt
sunshine
changing into red
before you left you said
goodbye

(chorus) all the other sides
                 keep changing over time
                 keep changing all the time
                 and you
                 all the other sides
                 from shadows left behind
                un-twisted and un-twined
                who knew
                for never can we see
                all the other sides

goodbye
written in the eyes
that once would mystify
my heart
goodbye
sorrys don't justify
the razored tears I cried
in vain
goodbye
shallow minded friends
only want to see you bend
and bleed

(chorus)

blue eyes
felt the bite of green eyed snakes
care not what they take
from dreams
blue eyes
that once were royal blue
over-washed from years gone through
pastel

(chorus)