Killing Me Softly
Anthony Arizaga Lyrics

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Playing the chords of my emotional pain with his nimble fingers

Singing my life with his words
Reciting my experiences and emotions with his pitch-perfect vocals

Killing me softly with his song
Experiencing a slow but sure emotional death caused by the profound resonance of his song

Telling my whole life with his words
Portraying the entirety of my existence with his lyrics

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
I heard that he had a unique flair, and that he excelled in his performances.

And so I came to see him to listen for a while
I visited him to gain firsthand experience with his compelling music.

And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
I saw him in front of me, a young man I didn't know of previously.

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
I blushingly felt uncomfortable due to the audience's attention.

I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
I thought he had somehow come across my private letters, and was reading them aloud.

I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on
I hoped he would stop, but he persevered and kept on singing.

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
He sang as though he fully comprehended my sorrow and anguish.

And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
He glanced at me but didn't seem to acknowledge my presence.

And he just kept on singing, singing clear and strong
He continued singing with clarity and strength, unfaltering.

He was strumming my pain, yeah, he was singing my life
He was expressing my deep emotional pain for me, singing about my innermost feelings.

With his song
That's how powerful his song was.