As I was driving to work at the crack of dawn this morning, I heard this song on the radio, and it got my mind moving (more than usual). I thought about the fact that this song, especially the chorus - 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 - has many possible interpretations and applications, so I'm gonna run down what came to mind.
- The most obvious seems to be the literal interpretation - a person singing a song as if they've known us our whole lives and read our every thought. Music has a beautiful way of speaking better than words sometimes, and artists seem to be gifted with tying lyrics to our heartstrings, singing the words right out of our hearts. Now, I'm still a little unsure what "killing me softly" means, but I'm going to assume that it's something along that lines of opening her up and making her feel and be vulnerable.
- I also thought about the power of a good sermon that is relevant to much of the congregation or even the way it may just hit 1 person in a particularly strong way. There have been many times when I sat in the pew and wondered if the preacher had been reading my journal or listening to my quiet time with God, because everything said touched on what I was dealing with and gave God's answer for where I was.
- The other interpretation seemed a little less obvious, but because of the place I am in life, it spoke the loudest. Although the person in the song didn't know her, I think this song can speak of the intimacy between friends that can touch a person's soul and life the same way that the lyrics to the song touched Lauryn. Friends have a way of being able to strum our pain and sing our lives, but they aren't far away on a stage - they can stay there with you through the process after they've spoken prophetically into your life.
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