Killing Me Softly

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 heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, and 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, with his song

He sang as if he knew me, and all my dark despair
He kept on looking right through me as if I wasn't there
And then he kept on singing, 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

Matandome Suavemente

Desgarra mi dolor con sus dedos
Canta mi vida con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Cuenta mi vida entera con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción

Escuché que el cantaba una buena canción, escuche que él tiene un estilo
Y por eso vine a verlo, y escucharlo de momento
Y allí estaba, un chico jóven, un extraño para mis ojos

Desgarra mi dolor con sus dedos
Canta mi vida con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Cuenta mi vida entera con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción

Senti que él enjuagó toda la fiebre, abrumado por la multitud
Senti que él encontró mis letras y que las leyó en voz alta
Oré para que se detuviera, pero él solo seguía

Desgarra mi dolor con sus dedos
Canta mi vida con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Cuenta mi vida entera con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción

El cantó como si me conociese, y a toda mi agobiante oscuridad
Se quedó viendo a través de mi como si yo no estuviera allí
Y luego siguio cantando, cantando claro y fuerte

Desgarra mi dolor con sus dedos
Canta mi vida con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Me mata suavemente con su canción
Cuenta mi vida entera con sus palabras
Me mata suavemente con su canción