Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered
تيتور: الوطنُ هو الأغنيةُ التي لطالما تذكرتها
Whether they’re sung in in English or his native Faroese, Teitur laces his deceptively innocent songs with often stinging hooks. Full bio
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in that dancing dress
في هذا الضوء الخافت
by the sight of my Kodak delights,
instead of kissing you babe
بدلاً من تقبيلك حبيبتي
with cute dogs and cupids
و مجموعة من الكيوبيد
I still desperately love you
فأنا لازلت أحبك بيأس
instead of kissing you babe
بدلاً من تقبيلك حبيبتي
واحدة أسبوعياً
instead of kissing you
بدلاً من تقبيلك حبيبتي
what you're talking about intimately,
عنه معرفة وثيقة،
to share this insight
لمشاركة هذه المعرفة
to share in everything,
behind this architecture or this product
أو هذا المنتج
are to impress people
has their version of.
I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
وأنا سعيد في التعرف عليكم جميعاً،"
early in the morning
of my first day in school
لأول يوم لي في المدرسة
and where I’d like to go
و الأماكن التي أود الذهاب اليها
in the same place
حياتها في نفس المكان
you’re born and raised
looking out to the sea
الوطن هو المكان الذي تود أن تكون فيه
whatever he's having
we never met before?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teitur - Singer-songwriterWhether they’re sung in in English or his native Faroese, Teitur laces his deceptively innocent songs with often stinging hooks.
Why you should listen
Teitur crafts songs with unexpected lyrical twists portraying everything from awkward love affairs to lost weekends. Although he’s written hits for singers like Seal and Corinne Bailey Rae, the best interpreter for Teitur’s songs is himself: his half-dozen solo albums have won him accolades from the Danish Royal family, the Guardian and fans around the world.
His album Story Music (recorded in a former ice factory) features contributions from legendary Beach Boys arranger Van Dyke Parks and 78 musicians gathered from his native Faroe Islands.
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