Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered
Teitur: Acasă e-un cântec pe care nu l-am uitat nicicând
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
în lumina difuză
by the sight of my Kodak delights,
prin fața obiectivului meu Kodak
instead of kissing you babe
interurbane în loc să te sărut, iubito,
with cute dogs and cupids
și cu cupidoni
și să-mi fie dor de tine
I still desperately love you
încă te iubesc cu disperare
instead of kissing you babe
interurbane în loc să te sărut, iubito
o dată pe săptămână
instead of kissing you
interurbane în loc să te sărut
what you're talking about intimately,
lucrurile despre care vorbești
to share this insight
aceste experiențe
to share in everything,
în fiecare lucru
behind this architecture or this product
sau produsul acesta,
are to impress people
să impresionezi oamenii
has their version of.
pentru care fiecare are o versiune.
I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
mă bucur să vă cunosc”.
early in the morning
dimineața devreme
aduc mereu aminte
of my first day in school
and where I’d like to go
și unde aș vrea să merg
pe care mi le-a spus ea
niciodată
când voi muri
in the same place
a trăit mereu în același loc
you’re born and raised
unde te naști și crești
looking out to the sea
stătea și se uita la mare
unde vrei să fii
whatever he's having
we never met before?
până atunci.
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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