killing me softly with his song

[786Fatima]

what does killing me softly with his song the entire song mean?

[Ouisch]

Lori Lieberman wrote the song after seeing Don McLean perform "American Pie" at the Troubador in Los Angeles.

[Gingerpants]

For me, I have always taken it to mean that it struck such an emotional chord with the writer of the song that listening to it was almost unbearably emotional but that she couldn't walk away.

[leminem]

If youve been hurt and a certain song stays in your mind and has the words of how you feel. This all depends on how you take it, it means different things to different people, but mainly loss of a love. As I understand it.