What does Killing Me Softly with His Song mean?

Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly with His Song Meaning

Album cover for Killing Me Softly with His Song album cover

Song Released: 1973


Covered By: Fugees (1996)


Killing Me Softly with His Song Lyrics

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...

  1. meanster
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    Mar 20th 2013 !⃝

    Apparently, while at a Don Mclean concert, Ms. Flack was so moved by Don's perfomance of "Vincent" that she went home and penned "Killing me Softly" that same evening.


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