Tainted Artist (Paint it Red)

by Weeping Wolf   Jan 8, 2006


*sorry this one is a bit gruesome, but i was kinda angry....hope it doesn't freak you out too much.

Examine this dissection doctor
do you detect a disease?
love is the cause, death is the cure.
don't wake her from this dream...

don't waste your time
smiling sweetly at me
when you twist the ropes
around my neck, i wont cry.

a noose could never replace
your laughter, your lips
if words could kill
then i wrote this for you.

your skin looks like it never bleeds
but i will make sure you see
something spilling from your soul
fill up this labeled jar
with your name painted on it
with the blood we sacrificed
as you look one more time in my eyes
I'll mix it up, add in some tears
once we fill it with love from your veins
we'll just paint the walls this color
so they can stain our memories

paint it red
paint it red.
hold me close
till were dead
till were dead.

You don't care how much pain
i don't care if it hurts
when we finally have enough
we'll cover and divide the land
they will never forget
we were here. we were here.
because love broke us together
we hate we kill we love.
who is the captive?
who is the killer?

chop you to perfect pieces
you've never looked better
the tables are all red
cut up parts littering the floor
I'll put your heart in a box
for another poor maiden to find
to let all your evils out
curiosity killed the child
Pandora will regret this later.

paint it red
paint it red.
hold me close
till were dead
till were dead.

is our love tainted?
no, its painted
a mask so beautiful
a mask so fine
you could never tell
you were ever gone
because when i wear it
people will never see
that you've changed
its me. its really me.

a noose could never replace
your laughter, your lips
if words could kill
then i wrote this for you.

and I'll shed you from your skin
and wear it as a soft coat
you don't need it now anyways.

organs and lungs no longer need air
finally now, i can use it to breathe
hands and fingers have nothing left to hold
don't try to run anymore, you have no legs
everything you once loved, now gone.
but you wont miss it, you'll miss me
because i loved you when you forgot me
now you'll just have to pay
I'm only giving you what you deserve
its only fair, to feel the pain
of what you've done to me.

paint it red
paint it red.
hold me close
till were dead
till were dead.

but your eyes...your eyes I'll keep.
I'll paste them on my mirror
so i can see you in my reflection.
your hair so soft, I'll make a pillow
so i can cuddle it when i miss you.

a noose could never replace
your laughter, your lips
if words could kill
then i wrote this for you.

tainted love, painted heart
now i use you as my canvass
your blood as my paints
everything in red.
I write my name all over
on the walls, on your body
so you remember for eternity.
look whats happened just because
you didn't choose to love me.

tainted or painted? i don't know
the stains will never wash away
the times when i said i loved you
you only looked away, looked away.

the crime scene won't know what to do
when they see the floor covered in red
limbs thrown everywhere in the house
and a knife stuck in an artist's heart
as she lies in the portrait of love she made
newly fresh and ready for the vultures
but there are still tears on her [my] face.

and lastly I hammer on a broken limb
written in red a letter with tear drops
in blood it says "i thought i loved him"

I'm the tainted artist with work to do
if a poem could kill then this one is for you...

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  • 17 years ago

    by Midnight Sun

    I have mixed emotions about this poem because it was unbelievable MORBID but to a certain extent powerful in words. I really did like the the last two lines...those gave my chills but still it was kinda disturbing, you now? lol...anyways, I honestly wish the rest was the same kind of powerful as those last two lines. Because killing someone with words to me says a lot more than the physical aspect of it. But I have to say you do have writing talent. Keep it up, just tone it down, =)
    ~Midnight Sun

  • 18 years ago

    by Christy Trenholm Schmall

    Love the power, the passion, poem. GREAT job!!! Looking forward to reading more of your work!

  • 18 years ago

    by Unrequited

    This was a long-ass poem! but i have to say, i did NOT want it to end!!! you sure have some evil in you! good thing you release it with your pen on paper!! haha
    Layla... this poem is BRILLIANT!!

  • 18 years ago

    by AzNWiNgZ

    Whoa LaLa!!! niiice!
    haha. the right expression i would use
    too if i was really bad at someone!!
    haha.
    awesome poem. i just love the title!
    "tainted artist"

  • 18 years ago

    by Katt

    I like this line Lala
    if words could kill
    then i wrote this for you.
    You should totally make it a quote
    What guy broke your heart lala?
    I'll get him for you, k?