Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered
Teitur: Casa, uma música que eu sempre lembro
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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de você há muito tempo.
quer que a gente se ame.
in that dancing dress
naquele vestido de dança.
sob aquela luz fraca.
by the sight of my Kodak delights,
sob a vista da minha Kodak encantanda,
instead of kissing you babe
em vez de beijar você, querida.
with cute dogs and cupids
com cães bonitinhos e cupidos.
e sentir sua falta,
I still desperately love you
eu ainda te amo desesperadamente
que a gente se ame.
instead of kissing you babe
em vez de beijar você, querida.
uma vez por semana,
instead of kissing you
em vez de beijar você.
what you're talking about intimately,
intimamente do que está falando,
to share this insight
a dividir essa reflexão
to share in everything,
por compartilhar, em tudo,
behind this architecture or this product
por trás desta arquitetura ou produto,
are to impress people
são de impressionar as pessoas,
has their version of.
tem sua versão dela.
I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
de onde vim, prazer em conhecê-los,"
early in the morning
of my first day in school
dia na escola.
and where I’d like to go
e aonde eu gostaria de ir.
de volta para casa.
que ela disse para mim.
quando eu morrer.
in the same place
ela sempre viveu no mesmo lugar.
you’re born and raised
onde você nasceu e cresceu.
looking out to the sea
ele se sentou olhando para o mar.
é onde você quer estar.
em algum bar no centro,
whatever he's having
o mesmo que ele."
we never met before?
"Como nunca nos encontramos antes?"
a minha vida eu tentei
meu caminho de volta.
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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