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Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Dolorem meum digitis Strumming
Singing my life with his words
– Vita mea cum verbis suis cantans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
I heard he sang a good song
– Iam cantum illa finiverat
I heard he had a style
– Audivi eum habuisse stilum
And so I came to see him
– Itaque veni videre eum
To listen for a while
– Audire enim a dum
And there he was this young boy
– Hic autem erat puer
A stranger to my eyes
– ^ Gat. et mm. tuos oculos
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Dolorem meum digitis Strumming
Singing my life with his words
– Vita mea cum verbis suis cantans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
I felt all flushed with fever
– Tuum negotium est febre
Embarrassed by the crowd
– Lontano dalla folla
I felt he found my letters
– Ho trovato questa comunque
And read each one out loud
– Et legit unumquodque e voce
I prayed that he would finish
– Laudes quando finis
But he just kept right on
– Sed ille iustus tenentur in iure
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Dolorem meum digitis Strumming
Singing my life with his words
– Vita mea cum verbis suis cantans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
He sang as if he knew me
– Cantavit et cum cognovisset me
In all my dark despair
– A negotio perambulante in tenebris
And then he looked right through me
– Et qui habet sermonem meum
As if I wasn’t there
– Cum non essem qui
And he just kept on singing
– Quand la femme chante
Singing clear and strong
– Cantus clarus et fortis
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Dolorem meum digitis Strumming
Singing my life with his words
– Vita mea cum verbis suis cantans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Oh, oh-oh
– Oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
– Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
La-la-la, la-la
– La-la-la-la-la
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
La, ah-ah, ah
– Ha ha ha.
La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
– Ha ha ha.
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Dolorem meum digitis Strumming
Singing my life with his words
– Vita mea cum verbis suis cantans
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me (Softly)
– Homicidium (Software)
He was strumming my pain
– Et eum suscipit dolor
Yeah, he was singing my life
– Yeah, erat cantus vitae meae
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Killing me softly with his song
– Molliter me occidere cum cantu suo
Telling my whole life with his words
– Totam vitam verbis suis narrans
Killing me softly
– Mordax me suscipit
With his song
– De suo cantu
