"Painted," sebuah lagu yang memikat dari penyanyi Anggun, melukiskan hasrat yang tak tertahankan dan penuh gairah. Dilambangkan sebagai tato permanen dan terlarang seperti tabu, perasaan yang tergambar dalam lirik ini sangat kuat sehingga tidak dapat dihalangi atau diabaikan. Lagu ini mengeksplorasi perjuangan batin yang dialami karakter utama, yang terperangkap dalam api gairah yang berkobar dan tidak terkendali. Dengan penggambaran yang hidup dan bahasa yang puitis, "Painted" mengundang pendengar untuk merenungkan kekuatan cinta yang dapat menguasai, bahkan ketika itu bertentangan dengan akal sehat atau norma sosial.
Painted Lyrics
Anggun
I can't cease the river from running to the sea
I can't cease the thunder from shouting so angrily
I don't have the power to gather the seven seas
When I can't cease the fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
This feeling I can't undo
I don't know if you feel it too
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
The feeling I have for you
I can't stop it if I wanted to
I can't fight the fever from burning secretly
I can't fight the hour from going without asking me
I know not to shatter this desire easily
Cause I can't fight the fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
This feeling I can't undo
I don't know if you feel it too
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
My love is waiting for you
What am I supposed to do
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
The feeling I have for you
I can't stop it if I wanted to
Just like a war against nature
To never dream of you ever
Wish I had the power to try
The power to try
I can't stop the fire inside of me
Like a tattoo
Like a tattoo
This fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
This fire
Like a tattoo
Like a tattoo
This fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Painted
I can't cease the thunder from shouting so angrily
I don't have the power to gather the seven seas
When I can't cease the fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
This feeling I can't undo
I don't know if you feel it too
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
The feeling I have for you
I can't stop it if I wanted to
I can't fight the fever from burning secretly
I can't fight the hour from going without asking me
I know not to shatter this desire easily
Cause I can't fight the fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
This feeling I can't undo
I don't know if you feel it too
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
My love is waiting for you
What am I supposed to do
Painted like a tattoo
Forbidden like a taboo
The feeling I have for you
I can't stop it if I wanted to
Just like a war against nature
To never dream of you ever
Wish I had the power to try
The power to try
I can't stop the fire inside of me
Like a tattoo
Like a tattoo
This fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
This fire
Like a tattoo
Like a tattoo
This fire inside of me
Painted like a tattoo
Painted
