Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered
Teitur: Ev hep hatırladığım bir şarkıdır
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,
instead of kissing you babe
seninle öpüşmek yerine bebeğim
with cute dogs and cupids
ve melekler olanlardan
I still desperately love you
Seni ümitsizce hala seviyorum
instead of kissing you babe
seninle öpüşmek yerine bebeğim
instead of kissing you
seninle öpüşmek yerine
what you're talking about intimately,
bahsettiğini yürekten bilmelisin
to share this insight
istekli olmalısın
to share in everything,
behind this architecture or this product
are to impress people
has their version of.
I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
tanıştığımıza memnun oldum."
early in the morning
of my first day in school
and where I’d like to go
ve gitmek istediğim yerlerdir
in the same place
Her zaman aynı yerde yaşamış
you’re born and raised
looking out to the sea
denize bakarak oturdu
bir kızla tanıştım
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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