Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered
Teitur: Dom to piosenka, którą od zawsze pamiętam
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
by the sight of my Kodak delights,
z moich skarbów z Kodaka,
instead of kissing you babe
za połączenia międzynarodowe,
with cute dogs and cupids
psami i amorami
tęsknieniem do ciebie
I still desperately love you
wciąż cię desperacko kocham
instead of kissing you babe
za połączenia międzynarodowe,
instead of kissing you
międzynarodowe, zamiast cię całować
what you're talking about intimately,
o czym mówisz,
to share this insight
to share in everything,
dzielenia się, we wszystkim
behind this architecture or this product
tej budowli czy tego produktu
are to impress people
to imponowanie ludziom
has their version of.
I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
miło was poznać".
early in the morning
of my first day in school
and where I’d like to go
i które chciałbym odwiedzić
in the same place
w tym samym miejscu
you’re born and raised
gdzie się urodziłeś i wychowałeś
looking out to the sea
usiadł i spojrzał na morze
gdzie chcesz być"
whatever he's having
we never met before?
że nigdy się nie spotkaliśmy?"
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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