Kudengar dia menyanyikan lagu yang bagus, kudengar dia punya gaya.
And so I came to see him and listen for a while.
Maka saya datang menemuinya dan mendengarkan sebentar.
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.
Dan di sanalah dia anak muda ini, orang asing di mataku.
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Menyerang rasa sakitku dengan jari-jarinya,
(one time, one time)
(satu kali, satu kali)
singing my life with his words,
menyanyikan hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
(two time, two time)
(dua kali, dua kali)
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
telling my whole life with his words,
menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
killing me softly with his song
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
Aku merasa semua memerah karena demam, malu oleh orang banyak,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
Aku merasa dia menemukan surat-suratku dan membacanya masing-masing.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on.
Saya berdoa agar dia selesai, tapi dia terus melakukannya.
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Menyerang rasa sakitku dengan jari-jarinya,
(one time, one time)
(satu kali, satu kali)
singing my life with his words,
menyanyikan hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
(two time, two time)
(dua kali, dua kali)
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
telling my whole life with his words,
menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
killing me softly with his song
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
(instramental interlude)
(selingan instrumental)
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Menyerang rasa sakitku dengan jari-jarinya,
(yes he was)
(ya dia)
singing my life with his words,
menyanyikan hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
killing me softly with his song,
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya,
telling my whole life with his words,
menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya,
killing me softly with his song
membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya