Killing Me Softly
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life, with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life, with his words
Killing me softly
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
But he was there the stranger
Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life, with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Matándome Suavemente
Escuché que cantaba una buena canción
Escuché que tenía estilo
Y así vine a verlo, a escuchar por un rato
Y allí estaba ese joven
Un desconocido para mis ojos
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida, con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Me sentí toda sofocada de fiebre
Avergonzada por la multitud
Sentí que encontró mis cartas y leyó cada una en voz alta
Recé para que terminara
Pero él simplemente siguió
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida, con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente
Cantaba como si me conociera
En toda mi oscura desesperación
Y luego me miró directamente como si no estuviera allí
Pero él estaba allí, el desconocido
Cantando claro y fuerte
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida, con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción