Nils Landgren - Ballads

 

 

Killing Me Softly With His Song / Landgren, Nils

 

I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes

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 felt all flushed with fever
Embraced by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on

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

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
But he was there this stranger
Singing clear and strong

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

 그는 나의 고통을 손끝으로 연주하고
나의 삶을 노래하며
노래로 날 살며시 사로잡아요
노래로 날 살며시 사로잡아요
가사로 나의 삶 전부를 말해주죠
노래로 날 살며시 사로잡아 **

그가 멋진 노래를 부른다고 들었어요
자신만의 스타일이 있다고 들었어요
그래서 난 그를 보려고 왔죠
잠시 그의 노래를 들으려 왔죠
그런데 그곳엔 낯설게 보이는
아주 어린 소년이 있었어요
**

난 관객에 둘러싸인 채
온몸이 열기로 달아올랐어요
그는 나의 편지를 찾아
한 줄 한 줄 큰 소리로 읽는 것 같았어요
난 그가 어서 끝내기를 기도했지만
그는 마냥 계속했죠
**

 

 
그는 어두운 절망에 빠져 있는
날 알고 있는 것처럼 노랠 불렀어요
그리고 날 뚫어져라 쳐다보았어요
내가 그 자리에 없는 것처럼...
하지만 그는 맑고 힘있게 노래하는
모르는 사람이었죠
**
아.... 우....
그는 연주하고 있었어요
예, 그는 나의 삶을 노래하고 있었어요
노래로 날 부드럽게 사로잡아요
노래로 날 부드럽게 사로잡아요
가사로 나의 삶 전부를 말해주죠
노래로 날 부드럽게 사로잡아요

Killing Me SoftlyWith His Song

♣ I Will Survive♣