Home Is a Song I've Always Remembered | Teitur | TED Talks

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(Guitar music)
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I was just thinking
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that I have been missing you way too long
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There's something inside this weary head
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that wants us to love just instead
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But I was just thinking,
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merely thinking
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I've got loads of pictures,
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I've got the one of you in that dancing dress
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But man I feel silly in that dim light
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Just after doing you by the sight of my Kodak delights,
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I am sinking,
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merely sinking
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I think about long distance rates instead of kissing you babe
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I'm a singer without a song
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If I wait for you longer
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my affection is stronger
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and I ... I was just thinking,
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merely thinking
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that this boat is sinking
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I'm tired of postcards,
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especially the ones with cute dogs and cupids
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I'm tired of calling you and missing you
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and dreaming I slept with you
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Don't get me wrong I still desperately love you
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inside this weary head
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I just want us to love just instead
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But I was just thinking and thinking,
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merely thinking
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I think about long distance rates instead of kissing you babe
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and time is running me still
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If I wait for you longer
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my affection is stronger
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I ... I was just thinking
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I ... I was just thinking
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that I'm tired of calling you once a week
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thinking of long distance rates instead of kissing you
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So baby I'm sinking,
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merely sinking
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(Guitar music ends)
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(Applause)
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Thank you.
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Singing is sharing.
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When you sing, you have to know what you're talking about intimately,
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and you have to be willing to share this insight
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and give away a piece of yourself.
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I look for this intention to share in everything,
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and I ask: what are the intentions behind this architecture or this product
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or this restaurant or this meal?
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And if your intentions are to impress people
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or to get the big applause at the end,
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then you are taking, not giving.
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And this is a song that's about --
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it's the kind of song that everyone has their version of.
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This song is called "Home,"
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and it's sort of a "This is where I'm from, nice to meet you all,"
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kind of song.
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(Laughter)
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(Applause)
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(Piano music)
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Home is the sound of birds early in the morning
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Home is a song I've always remembered
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Home is the memory of my first day in school
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Home is the books that I carry around
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Home is an alley in a faraway town
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Home is the places I’ve been and where I’d like to go
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Home
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I'm always gonna feel at home
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No matter where I may roam
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I'm always gonna find my way back home
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No matter how far I’m gone
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I’m always gonna feel this longing
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No matter where I might stay
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Home is a feather twirling in the air
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Home is flowers in a windowsill
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Home is all the things she said to me
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Home is a photo I never threw away
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Home is the smile on my face when I die
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Home is the taste of an apple pie
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I met a woman, she always lived in the same place
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And she said home is where you’re born and raised
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And I met a man, he sat looking out to the sea
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And he said home is where you want to be
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I met a girl in some downtown bar
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And she said I'll have whatever he's having
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And I asked her how come we never met before?
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And she said all my life I’ve been trying
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to get a place of my own
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I’m always gonna feel at home
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No matter where I may roam
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Always gonna find my way back home
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No matter how far I’m gone
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I'm always gonna feel this longing
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No matter where I might stay
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(Piano music)
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(Piano music ends)
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(Applause)
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