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Teitur - Singer-songwriter
Whether 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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Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered

Teitur: Dom je pjesma koje se uvijek sjećam

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Za glazbenika Teitura, pjevanje je davanje djelića sebe drugima. "Ako je vaša namjera zadiviti druge ili dobiti veliki pljesak na kraju", kaže on, "tada uzimate, a ne dajete." Poslušajte ga dok svira na pozornici TED2015, izvodeći dvije pjesme o ljubavi, razdvojenosti i domu.
- Singer-songwriter
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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(GuitarGitara musicglazba)
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I was just thinkingmišljenje
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Baš sam razmišljao
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that I have been missingnedostaje you way too long
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da si mi nedostajala predugo
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There's something insideiznutra this wearyUmoran headglava
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Nešto je u ovoj iscrpljenoj glavi
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that wants us to love just insteadumjesto
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što bi htjelo da se i dalje volimo
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But I was just thinkingmišljenje,
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Ali razmišljao sam,
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merelysamo thinkingmišljenje
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samo razmišljao
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I've got loadsopterećenja of picturesSlike,
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Imam hrpetinu slika,
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I've got the one of you
in that dancingples dresshaljina
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imam jednu s tobom u haljini za ples
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But man I feel sillyglup in that dimdim lightsvjetlo
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Ali čovječe kako se osjećam bedasto pod
tim prigušenim svjetlom
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Just after doing you
by the sightvid of my KodakMarka fotografskog aparata delightsužitke,
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Nakon što si ti svoja
uhvaćena Kodakom na moje veselje,
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I am sinkingpotonuće,
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Ja tonem,
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merelysamo sinkingpotonuće
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samo tonem
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I think about long distanceudaljenost ratesstope
insteadumjesto of kissingljubakanje you babemala
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Razmišljam o cijeni međunarodnih poziva
umjesto da te ljubim draga
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I'm a singerpjevač withoutbez a songpjesma
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Ja sam pjevač bez pjesme
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If I wait for you longerviše
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Ako te čekam još dulje,
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my affectionljubav is strongerjači
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moja privrženost jača
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and I ... I was just thinkingmišljenje,
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I ja ... ja sam samo razmišljao,
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merelysamo thinkingmišljenje
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samo razmišljao
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that this boatčamac is sinkingpotonuće
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da ovaj brod tone
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I'm tiredumoran of postcardsrazglednice,
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Umoran sam od razglednica,
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especiallyposebno the onesone
with cuteslatka dogspsi and cupidscupids
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pogotovo onih sa slatkim psima i Kupidima
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I'm tiredumoran of callingzvanje you and missingnedostaje you
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Umoran sam od toga da te zovem
i da mi nedostaješ
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and dreamingsanjanje I sleptspavao with you
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i sanjanja da sam spavao uz tebe
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Don't get me wrongpogrešno
I still desperatelyočajnički love you
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Nemoj me shvatiti krivo
još uvijek te očajnički volim
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insideiznutra this wearyUmoran headglava
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U ovoj iscrpljenoj glavi
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I just want us to love just insteadumjesto
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samo želim da se i dalje volimo
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But I was just thinkingmišljenje and thinkingmišljenje,
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Ali sam samo razmišljao i razmišljao,
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merelysamo thinkingmišljenje
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samo razmišljao
03:04
I think about long distanceudaljenost ratesstope
insteadumjesto of kissingljubakanje you babemala
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Razmišljam o cijenama međunarodnih poziva
umjesto da te ljubim draga
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and time is runningtrčanje me still
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I vrijeme me čini mirnim
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If I wait for you longerviše
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Ako te čekam još dulje
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my affectionljubav is strongerjači
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moja privrženost jača
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I ... I was just thinkingmišljenje
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Ja ... ja sam samo razmišljao
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I ... I was just thinkingmišljenje
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Ja ... ja sam samo razmišljao
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that I'm tiredumoran of callingzvanje you oncejednom a weektjedan
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da sam umoran od zvanja jednom na tjedan
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thinkingmišljenje of long distanceudaljenost ratesstope
insteadumjesto of kissingljubakanje you
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razmišljanja o cijeni međunarodnih poziva
umjesto da te ljubim
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So babydijete I'm sinkingpotonuće,
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Tako da draga tonem,
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merelysamo sinkingpotonuće
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samo tonem
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(GuitarGitara musicglazba endskrajevi)
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(Glazba na gitari prestaje)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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SingingPjevanje is sharingdijeljenje.
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Pjevanje je djeljenje.
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When you singpjevati, you have to know
what you're talkingkoji govori about intimatelyintimno,
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Kada pjevate, morate dobro znati
o čemu pričate
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and you have to be willingspreman
to sharePodjeli this insightuvid
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i morate biti voljni podijeliti taj uvid
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and give away a piecekomad of yourselfsami.
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i dati dio sebe.
04:26
I look for this intentionnamjera
to sharePodjeli in everything,
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Tražim tu namjeru za djeljenje u svemu,
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and I askpitati: what are the intentionsnamjere
behindiza this architecturearhitektura or this productproizvod
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i pitam se: koje su namjere u pozadini
ove arhitekture ili ovog produkta
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or this restaurantrestoran or this mealobrok?
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ili ovog restorana ili ovog obroka?
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And if your intentionsnamjere
are to impressimpresionirati people
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Ako su vaše namjere da zadivite ljude
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or to get the bigvelika applausepljesak at the endkraj,
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ili da dobijete veliki pljesak na kraju,
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then you are takinguzimanje, not givingdavanje.
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tada uzimate, ne dajete.
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And this is a songpjesma that's about --
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A ova je pjesma o tome --
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it's the kindljubazan of songpjesma that everyonesvatko
has theirnjihov versionverzija of.
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to je tip pjesme za koju svatko ima
svoju verziju.
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This songpjesma is calledzvao "Home,"
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Pjesma se zove "Dom",
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and it's sortvrsta of a "This is where
I'm from, nicelijepo to meetsastati you all,"
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i otprilike je "Ovo je odakle sam,
drago mi je upoznati vas sve",
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kindljubazan of songpjesma.
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tip pjesme.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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(PianoKlavir musicglazba)
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(Glazba na klaviru)
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Home is the soundzvuk of birdsptice
earlyrano in the morningjutro
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Dom je zvuk ptica rano ujutro
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Home is a songpjesma I've always rememberedsjetio
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Dom je pjesma koje se uvijek sjećam
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Home is the memorymemorija
of my first day in schoolškola
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Dom je uspomena na prvi dan škole
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Home is the booksknjige that I carrynositi around
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Dom su knjige koju svuda nosim
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Home is an alleyAleja in a farawaydalekih towngrad
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Dom je uličica u dalekom gradu
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Home is the placesmjesta I’veve been
and where I’d like to go
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Dom su mjesta koja sam posjetio
i ona koja želim posjetiti
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Home
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Dom
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I'm always gonna feel at home
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Uvijek ću se osjećati doma
06:37
No matterstvar where I maysvibanj roamlutaju
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Bez obzira gdje odlutam
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I'm always gonna find my way back home
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Uvijek ću naći svoj put natrag doma
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No matterstvar how fardaleko I’m goneotišao
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Bez obzira koliko sam daleko
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I’m always gonna feel this longingčežnja
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Uvijek ću osjećati ovu čežnju
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No matterstvar where I mightmoć stayboravak
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Bez obzira gdje ću biti
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Home is a featherPero twirlingtwirling in the airzrak
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Dom je pero koje leprša u zraku
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Home is flowerscvijeće in a windowsillprozor
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Dom je cvijeće na prozorskoj dasci
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Home is all the things she said to me
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Dom je sve što mi je rekla
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Home is a photofoto I never threwbacio away
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Dom je fotografija koju nikad nisam bacio
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Home is the smileosmijeh on my facelice when I dieumrijeti
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Dom je osmijeh na mom licu kada umrem
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Home is the tasteukus of an applejabuka piepita
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Dom je okus pite od jabuke
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I metsastali a womanžena, she always livedživjeli
in the sameisti placemjesto
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Upoznao sam ženu koja je uvijek
živjela na istom mjestu
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And she said home is where
you’rere bornrođen and raiseduzdignut
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I ona je kazala da je dom mjesto
gdje si se rodio i odrastao
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And I metsastali a man, he satsat
looking out to the seamore
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I upoznao sam muškarca koji je sjedio
gledajući u more
08:07
And he said home is where you want to be
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I on je rekao da je dom gdje god
želiš biti
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I metsastali a girldjevojka in some downtownu centru grada barbar
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Upoznao sam djevojku u baru u centru grada
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And she said I'll have
whateveršto god he's havingima
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I ona je naručila isto što i ja pijem
08:32
And I askedpitao her how come
we never metsastali before?
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Upitao sam ju kako to da se nismo
upoznali prije?
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And she said all my life I’veve been tryingtežak
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Ona mi je odgovorila da se
cijeli život trudi
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to get a placemjesto of my ownvlastiti
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naći svoje mjesto
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I’m always gonna feel at home
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gdje će se uvijek osjećati doma
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No matterstvar where I maysvibanj roamlutaju
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Bez obzira gdje odlutam
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Always gonna find my way back home
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Uvijek ću naći svoj put natrag doma
09:02
No matterstvar how fardaleko I’m goneotišao
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Bez obzira koliko sam daleko
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I'm always gonna feel this longingčežnja
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Uvijek ću osjećati ovu čežnju
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No matterstvar where I mightmoć stayboravak
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Bez obzira gdje ću biti
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Martina Juranic
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teitur - Singer-songwriter
Whether 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.

More profile about the speaker
Teitur | Speaker | TED.com