Whole Lotta Love - covered by Nathan Cole & Will Teague @ The Overlander 20th April 2014

Guitar/Vocals-James Parrino ( http://www.outlier.net.au )
Percussion/Backing vocals - Nathan Cole 
( http://www.nathandrewcole.com.au )

The Horses - covered by The Youngbloods live @ The Orient Anzac Day 2014

I was inspired to write this track after seeing various people I know lose something or someone important in their life. The lyrics partially draw on my own view in those circumstances too. It's a song about letting go, starting again and and having faith in yourself and what ever you are rebuilding.

Lyrics:
When two souls collide 
Life can pass on by 
I think I've known who you are 
For the longest time 
There's mistakes I've made 
Lost you along the way 
I've walked down many roads 
That lead nowhere 

I held my breath 
Forever wanting needing 
Slowly descending 
Into my arms you've fallen 
No second chances born 
Until we meet again 
New Beginning 

And you'll let down your hair 
In to your eyes I'll stare 
Looking through them seeing 
A love forever burning 
Why did it end? 

I held my breath 
Forever wanting needing 
Slowly descending 
From my arms you've fallen 
No second chances born 
Until we meet again 


We'll forget the world we lived in 
& any trouble that's been 
I'll be the one to hold you 
Someone who'll let you in 
I still see you in my dreams 
That's all will ever be 

I held my breath 
Forever wanting needing 
Slowly descending 
From my arms you've fallen 
No Second chances born 
Until we meet again 
A new Beginning 

A new beginning 

A new beginning 

New beginning 

New beginning 

New beginning 

New Beginning
credits
released 20 December 2014 
Music & Lyrics by Nathan Cole 
Produced By Geoff Swan 
Featuring Will Teague on guitar
tags

New Beginning

I wrote this track way back in the early 2000's and finally got around to recording it in 2008. 
It is one of the first tracks I ever wrote and was happy with and it's the first track I ever attempted to record and master by myself. As a result it sounds very raw. 
I may re record Tomorrow professionally one day, but for now it's available as is, completely raw, a little piece of my musical history.

Lyrics:

VERSE 1 

She sees herself as an empty cup 
Floating out in the middle of the ocean 
Can anybody tell her which way's home? 
It's cold out there and she's all alone 
She tilts her head down inside her coat 
And stares at the water below her feet 
Tired eyes that tell her life story 
Reflect back at her to see 
And she says 

CHORUS 

I don't wanna face tomorrow 
Without anyone without anyone 
Been walking the mile with an old suitcase 
And I don't wanna walk another day on my own 

VERSE 2 

He wakes up early but he stays in bed way too late 
Clocks ticking away 
It's the same old story 
He won't look to the future 
When he's still living in yesterday 
When the winds were blowing 
And the sky was turning grey 
And he says 

CHORUS 

I don't wanna face tomorrow 
Without anyone without anyone 
Been walking the mile with an old suitcase 
And I don't wanna walk another day on my own

Released 01/06/2014
Written by Nathan Cole 
Produced by Nathan Cole 
Track Art By Tash Konert, Alex Stanuga & Nathan Cole

Tomorrow

I co wrote Alligator River with my fiance Tash during our trip up through the middle of Australia and in to the Northern Territory during 2015. The song was inspired by the many stories we heard from locals, rangers and tour guides about people who had met their fate whilst foolishly swimming and fishing in the croc infested waters of the NT. 
The Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers the East, West and South Alligator River. They were explored by Lieutenant Phillip Parker King in 1820 who named them in the mistaken belief that the crocodiles in the estuaries were alligators.
lyrics
Verse 1: 
South East & West flow the Alligator Rivers 
Their depth and the tide leave plenty to hide 
Old man went out for a catch 
Didn't notice her slither 
She pulled him straight in 
No way he could win yeah 

Chorus: 
Don't go fishin around there man 
Don't go fishin around there 
She'll take you down under 
In the Alligator River 

Verse 2: 
The children didn't know 
But mum should've know better 
To let her two sons 
Swim the Alligator River 
First one went down 
Called out to his brother 
He swam out to save him 
Lead straight to his grave man 

Chorus- 
Don't go swimming around there son 
Don't go swimming around there 
She'll take you down under boy 
In the Alligator River 

Verse 3: 
Two boys made a bet 
Who could swim across the river 
As they made it to shore 
One boy wanted more 
He jumped straight back in 
Booze betting for silver 
Friends egged him on 
& like that he was gone....... 

Chorus: 
Don't go betting around there man 
Don't go betting around there 
You'll lose more than your money boy 
In the Alligator.... 

Don't go swimming around there man 
Don't go swimming around there 
She'll take you down under man 
In the Alligator River 

The Alligator River 
You don't want to know 
The Alligator River 
Where the salties call home
credits
released July 26, 2016 
Music & Lyrics - Nathan Cole & Tash Konert 

Production & mastering - Geoff Swan - www.axtsystems.com

Alligator River

Rise - Live @ The Wells 2005

With its catchy riff and uplifting lyrics Rise is an upbeat feel good bluesy rock/pop song that's bound to have you tapping your foot along and leave you with a smile on your face.

Lyrics:
So much workin 
It's a crime 
Time to become free 
And unwind 
No need for reason 
Don't ask me why 
We'll rise above the mountain 
And we'll fly 

We'll rise above it all 
I'll take your hand by my side 
Float on up so high 
And breath as one 
Our Souls will unite 
We'll rise above it all 
I'll be right there by your side 
And let our love guide us 
All the way back home 

Through the Shadows 
And the light 
Mystery has always been 
our souls delight 
The doors wide open 
So come inside 
Now you are home free 
And the sky is open wide 

We'll rise above it all 
I'll take your hand by my side 
Float on up so high 
And breath as one 
Our Souls will unite 
We'll rise above it all 
I'll be right there by your side 
And let our love guide us 
All the way back home 

We'll rise above it all 
I'll take your hand by my side 
Float on up so high 
And breath as one 
Our Souls will unite 
We'll rise above it all 
I'll be right there by your side 
And let our love guide us 
All the way back home 
Back home 

Gotta Rise above 
Rise above it all 
I said yea yea 
Gotta rise above 
Yea yea yea yea yea yea yeahhh

Released June 2016
Engineer/Producer- Geoff Swan 
Words/Music- Nathan Cole

Rise

Sydney born and based singer/song writer Nathan Cole has been playing guitar for 20 years, singing for 14 years and has been performing with a variety of professional musicians at various venues throughout Sydney, NSW and abroad.
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After a 2014 residency at Circus Bar Ios Greece playing along side former band mate Will Teague, Nathan is back home in Sydney  working on various music projects such as producing new original songs and performing cover songs & originals at shows around town. 
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Nathan's most recent track release "Alligator River" was a co write with fiance' Tash Konert during their road trip up through the middle of Australia and in to the Northern Territory in 2015. The track made the top 5 rock songs in the Songs Alive 2016 Song Comp &  also recieved airplay on abc Darwin radio.
 
Aside from producing music for familiar genre's such as rock, pop & Singer Song Writer, Nathan also enjoys branching out in to unfamiliar territory and recently produced a punk rock style track for fellow musician Paul Meehan and he's also been experimenting with EDM.

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