Colour me red, paint me black,
brush me dead, back on track,
picture perfect, vivid deploy,
peace stagnant, you destroy.
Shoot everyone having a mind,
no eyes? Everyone’s very blind,
your arrogance and guns show,
the laws of the land will not go.
Cross the road and you will die,
stand and wait, and you will die,
speak your mind, and you will die,
be human, yes, you still will die.
Misunderstanding much? Oh please,
ideologies cliched, yes very much,
the land of the pure, bruised and cut,
apologists, please shut the hell up.
Conditional peace is always good?
Your side of the deal, oh it was fate,
heaven sent men, please go away,
for you, we have nothing but hate.
Colour me green, paint me brown,
ashes ashes, and we all fall down,
picture perfect, a convoluted crew,
I have spoken, will you kill me too?
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No …..You dont have to be killed. But so much pain and agony should be inflicted so that your soul should be tarnished and you will slowly rot away and aimlessly wander in a land where Zombies will be called only Social beings…A slow death is more soothing for a Masochist society.
If you sing this along with the tune of ‘Color me once’ by Violent Femmes, the lyrics fit perfectly with the music!! … Just saying.
Well-written though.
Cheers,
M
I wonder if Qadri and Gulam Ishaq read ET blogs.
I dont know why, it seems oddly familiar… well- articulated btw
well thought and nicely composed
Cross the road and you will die,
stand and wait, and you will die,
speak your mind, and you will die,
be human, yes, you still will die—
good work!
oh no, kill you they will not!
They will colour you green and paint you white
then hang you on a flagpole to rot.
As soon as I read the first line, I open a new tab (Youtube) listen to Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones, then finish and read the rest.