Killing Me Softly With His Song es una maravillosa canción, de esas que se quedan eternamente en nuestra memoria y en el tiempo. El tema fue compuesto en 1971 por Charles Fox y Norman Gimbel. Está inspirada en el poema de Lori Lierberman que llevaba por título Killing Me softly with His Blues, quien lo escribió después de ver interpretar la canción Empty Chairs al cantautor estadounidense Don McLean.
La primera versión del tema lo hizo la propia Lieberman en el mismo año que fue compuesta, sin embargo, dos años después, la pianista y cantante estadounidense Roberta Flack interpretaría una nueva versión que la convertiría en un gran éxito, gracias al cual conseguiría tres Grammys.
A lo largo del tiempo, la canción ha tenido numerosas versiones, entre las que se encuentran las que hizo Perry Como, Shirley Bassey, la increíble versión que hizo Lauryn Hill con The Fugees, premiados con un Grammy en 1997), Alicia Keys, Carly Simon, Toni Braxton, Tino Casal titulada Tal como soy y Omara Portuondo con el título Matándome suavemente, entre muchos otros artistas.
Esta canción es especial para mi porque me trae al recuerdo las veces que mi amatxo la tarareaba y me la hacía poner una y otra vez. Le encantaba esta canción en la versión de Roberta, con su voz llena de pureza y suavidad, como si se escurriese por los sentidos más recónditos del alma, acariciando cada nota que permanece inmortal en el corazón.
Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songKilling me softly with his songTelling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a styleAnd so I came to see him, and listen for a whileAnd there he was, this young boy, stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songKilling me softly with his songTelling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowdI felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loudI prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songKilling me softly with his songTelling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song
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
And he just kept on singing Singing clear and strong
And then he looked right through me As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songKilling me softly with his songTelling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
La-la-la, la, la, la
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
La-ah-ah-ah-ah
La-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
La-la-la, la, la, la
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
La-ah-ah-ah-ah
La-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
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)
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 was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
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
Yeah, he was singing my life
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
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