Tamino - Crocodile

Listen to Tamino - 'Crocodile' here: Tamino.lnk.to/Crocodile-st
Taken from Tamino - Amir (Deluxe) - Out October 18th
Visual by Sam Cannon
Inspired by artwork by Ramy Moharam Fouad
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In still water crocodile lies
Until something inside will rise
A thought quietly coming up
It’s not sorry to interrupt
Songbird driving himself insane
Forgot why he even came this way
His new feathers are made of gold
Will shine on
You know he won’t get old
Ooh
Everyone’s got opinions ‘bout it
“Soon you’ll like the sound”
Tired of hearing them talk around it
But soon you’ll like the sound
Yeah soon you’ll like the sound
Maybe something to ease the pain
Maybe already in your veins
Your now golden scales blind the eye
One more songbird rises to the sky
Ooh
Everyone’s got opinions ‘bout it
Tired of hearing them talk around it
“Soon you’ll like the sound”
Ooh

[@natka3024]

This song makes me want to lie on the ground, absorb the sunlight and forget about everything else. Just me, the sun, the blue skies above and Tamino's voice.

[@Talis1717]

Hjartsláttur Tunglsdóttir Same. Just lying there with shades or no shades, letting the sunlight consume me completely and just being conscious without a thought or worry in the world. 👌🏼

[@samiaboulila9084]

like walking on the cloud mood!!!

[@brentsaelens3174]

The live of a plant...

[@Goldun-nah]

Yes. Please. Even just for one song. You know what… I’m going to go do that right now. Thanks for the motivation. ♥️

[@shynshynee5212]

I sometime wanna share Tamino and his songs to my friends, but sometime i just want to hide it like a little secret in my heart. He's so precious like a beautiful crystal ;;A;;

[@shynshynee5212]

And i love it when he put his soul in every melody ;;A;; So much to feel, and so beautiful

[@ujjwalsevra2249]

@@shynshynee5212 a singer wants his voice to be heard, you can share, your friends will decide whether it fits them or not. Keeping him like a secret in your heart, bullshit.

[@justsomeone8624]

@@shynshynee5212 l feel the same

[@esrarengizkasaba5308]

exactly me too.. one time ''i said i have to show this to my friends now!'' but then i said no it is special and it should be my hidden gem

[@michaelmaterne]

No need for enemies with you then 😆

[@jenngood5728]

Dostoevsky's books break my heart into small pieces and leave me with mixed feelings. I call it the "Dostoevsky effect." Tamino is the only singer whose voice causes Dostoevsky effect on me.

[@sedaduzcu2959]

Dostoyevski dışında keşke diğerlerini de anlayabilseydim 🤔

[@behzatc122]

Seda Düzcü dostoyevskinin kitapları benim kalbimi küçük parçalar halinde kırıyor ve bu parçaların üstünde zıplayıp beni bu karışık duygular içerisinde bırakıyor ben buna “dostoyevski’nin etkisi” diyorum. Dostoyevski’nin etkisine bende sebep olan tek şarkıcı tamino.

[@safaelabbad1094]

Same

[@atilanadamasinurreta2195]

I have the biggest crush on Raskolnikov

[@pandaxxxx616]

Ohh I was thinking the same thing with you and and I saw this comment I'm in love with Dostoevsky:))

[@burcu4711]

Lyrics: In still water crocodile lies Until something inside will rise A thought quietly coming up It’s not sorry to interrupt Songbird driving himself insane Forgot why he even came this way His new feathers are made of gold Will shine on You know he won’t get old Ooh Everyone’s got opinions ‘bout it “Soon you’ll like the sound” Tired of hearing them talk around it But soon you’ll like the sound Yeah soon you’ll like the sound Maybe something to ease the pain Maybe already in your veins Your now golden scales blind the eye One more songbird rises to the sky Everyone’s got opinions ‘bout it Tired of hearing them talk around it “Soon you’ll like the sound”

[@Be.shop89438]

Thnx💘

[@alanoudsaudalshammari866]

I have the biggest crush on him, oh god

[@ancientalien5560]

Aye Eight neither 💚👌

[@friedpotato7947]

Same

[@aybene.7575]

no. i have

[@andreanovoa5377]

I HAVE IT

[@ValeriaSanchez-uo8tz]

Yes!

[@elifnurkunt3376]

So poetic song and melancholic voice. We support and love you, Tamino. We support and love your music.

[@patchouli099]

I feel a sense of hope listening to this. Pure poetry, melancholic yet comforting. Tamino never disappoints.

[@allyy_rabbit]

I love how all the comments are just about how hot he is and how much everyone loves him

[@anonymous-di3fi]

This song makes me sleep with a heart full of sorrow but in a peacefully way. All the love from Egypt.

[@soul-xu7lg]

Your music and voice makes me feel alive again as never before

[@morro687]

Same here

[@gigispace]

Same

[@TheJd202]

your music is MAGICAL. i’ve never disliked one of your songs... they really touch me and most music doesn’t affect me that way

[@Asphyxiia74]

Just like your grandfather.. Youre being something great in this era

[@inesxxistent]

So true ...

[@ibtihelabdullah1819]

Who's his Grandpa?

[@maylouh]

@@ibtihelabdullah1819 Moharam Fouad, an egyptian singer

[@touilyesmine7587]

This so gentle and so soothing ! It feels like a warm hug

[@Bedlam000]

this song breaks my heart, but not sure if it's for a good reason. I'm feeling a lot of nostalgia, yet I don't know what it is I'm missing out on.

[@catcher_in_the_rye]

Your songs are holy. They get the very essence of life looking for god. That’s the point where i am right now, accepting the divine nature of me and of the world. I can see all the elements around me linking themselves together. I can now understand what music means to us, how it guides our souls. Some months ago, at a very confusing part of my life i used to be very obsessed with this song Crocodile. I could not tell why but i had the strong feeling, like it happens sometimes, that this word, this song, would make sense some day. It happened. Recently a very important friend of mine told me about a dream he has made when he was in psychoanalysis. He had a very bad dream of a crocodile eating a lady, something very disgusting. He realised that he had to face his fear, and he forced himself to look at the scene... the crocodile had stopped eating the lady because he was just an actor, he was never the villain of his mind, as soon as he focused on it instead of looking away, he has been able to see it. That it is all fake. That our fears are mostly just actors trying to take our freedom away, trying to enslave us, and make us believe that life is dangerous and meaningless, and that we are weak and mean. It’s all fake. The crocodile is an actor. He’s lying in still water, and he’s lying to us until our souls rise, asking for freedom, and nature, and beauty, and love. I won’t listen to the sound of their lies anymore, trying to diminish us. I’m not listening to the crocodile anymore.

[@bazartland3315]

Wow, thanks to share it with us, it's very deep :)

[@vero260]

Thanks :) Personnaly I understood that the crocodile was the symbole of madness.

[@claudiap2137]

THANKS F O R sharing. You had me reflecting all afternoon

[@leithaa]

i just want no one else to hear it. but also i want it get known by people so tamino can be appreciated. but you know i am a human being, i am jealous, i want to keep tamino’s song to myself. that was all. now i’m going to listen his songs until death.

[@Kiki-el2ph]

I exactly had the same thought ! I want to keep it to myself. It’s personal. But want to share it also.

[@strawbeom5033]

You better still be listening to him

[@leithaa]

@@strawbeom5033 no, i’m dead

[@dilankose1280]

your songs are literally playing with my emotions as if they're toys

[@moumita_d99]

I sure liked it at first, but grew more into the soothing melody and heard the lyrics more clearly with each time. Tamino's songs have a quality of emerging from deep within himself and through his singing it fuses into my soul, something at the very core of me as well. There is a quality of preseverence more than anything in your music that appeals to me as a healer and calms me down at my most happy and sad moments. Like it keeps me grounded and tied to myself. Gosh...i could go on and on. They sound like solitude vibrating through my body and intertwining with my soul. :)

[@federica318]

This one leaves me speechless, it’s insanely perfect

[@DaJackFrost]

That melody, pure bliss.

[@rev.9683]

Tamino is one of those precious gems that I stumbled upon and instantly fell in love ❤😭

[@_adamshaaban]

that is literally me at this moment. I have the sudden urge to print every picture of him and hang it on my wall. What’s wrong with I’ve never felt this way towards someone.

[@rihamhesham5723]

Such a tranquil song

[@sodasoda3624]

Man, I can’t get enough of this song, it’s super good 😔🥺

[@whereicomefrom9294]

You make me happy and at the same time make me cry. I can't decide whether it is your voice or the lyrics... maybe both of them but this is a feeling I will never want it to be end...

[@nisadilmen9755]

When i listen to your songs it's feel like i am touching your soul. This is amazing

[@cizerazra4300]

i don't know how many times this song brought me back to myself

[@fridalefay]

I remember when this came out, I was just getting to know about the world of your music. You've become such a mainstay in my life. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

[@sophiebradshaw4157]

Oh THAT'S what the album art is

[@Buse-zl6kw]

Yerimizi alalım...

[@Morsang9]

Zorludaki konseri ne zaman bilen var mı?

[@asieabiti]

Ahahaha, doğru. Türk görmek hoşuma gidiyor..

[@backtoblackek]

@@Morsang9 18 Ekim

[@Buse-zl6kw]

@@asieabiti benim de...

[@hasanemre7841]

Sessizce bekleyelim.. 😇

[@soudamessadi]

His music is literally a cure Gosh I love him so much

[@hibathebird]

This song saved me in so many ways

[@naomijuska2924]

that's probably my fav song ever, i love it so much i want to cry :(

[@miniae1110]

I dont know why but I picture this song playing during some movie's credits so much

[@Tzephae]

So entrancing. So beautiful. Hypnotic. Thank you.

[@dilaracelik5239]

you are great again, i hope you get what you deserve in this world you deserve the best for your voice there can be nobody that doesnt like your voice you are the gift for us from god thank you to share us this amazing songs

[@gracezaky1192]

I was just lamenting how this song is even more vague than usual, but when I read the lyrics again, I realized that might've been the point. I feel like it's about how his music is so open to interpretation that it can mean anything to people, as evidenced by "Everyone's got opinions 'bout it." He also mentions how it takes on different roles and functions for different people: "Maybe something to ease the pain / Maybe already in your veins." Another theme is that music is something out of his control, which is an ongoing sentiment he has mentioned in several interviews (that I binged two days after discovering him); in fact, he named his first album "Amir" (meaning prince) because he felt that music is something he was born into and doesn't have much of a choice in. Specifically in this song, I believe it can be seen in the following lines: "A thought quietly coming up / It's not sorry to interrupt" (the inspiration for music is personified) and "Songbird driving himself insane / Forgot why he even came this way" (the "songbird" aka the artist "shines" aka sings despite not knowing why). That's my interpretation at least, but tbh this isn't his greatest work lyrically speaking. In terms of techniques/harmony/sound though, haunting. Belongs in a movie's credits indeed.

[@Mine-ku6ht]

Taminoyu herkes değil ama şarkılarının değerini bilen bir kesimin dinlemesini aşırı isterim :)

[@aminarochdi4055]

I was introduced to him about 2 years ago by an internet friend and I've been obsessed ever since. I'm so excited he has new music rn that I can obsess over

[@user-nj7kt6vj9d]

its like you are singing from heaven to my ears, blessed.. ♡

[@9Nineknives9]

Huzur verici 🍃 He has such a celestial energy. Greetings from The Netherlands, everyone! 😊

[@terrificsoprano5025]

Türk müsün? 😁

[@9Nineknives9]

@@terrificsoprano5025 Evet, Türküm

[@steije1999]

I link your music to a person. A person i've lost, yet she still walks among us. Thank you for these sweet reminders.. I miss you K

[@madds1976]

An underappreciated, rare gem

[@maryamk8191]

This is unbelievably beautiful💘

[@friedpotato7947]

Please dont stop making music, I beg u

[@maladroit-theclumsyone4190]

this is my birthday song. I never thought there would be such a thing, but aparently there is. every birthday this song plays in my head on end.

[@moonlight4780]

I fell for this song within the first few seconds i swear ✨

[@BlackStoneHeart]

Best 2019 gift for my ears! After almost one year it's finally here! Thank you dear Tamino, you made me really happy today! ❤️

[@hanami240]

and I'll keep on coming back :)

[@Busdriver10122]

This Deserves so much more views

[@cassini4052]

Of all the songs on Amir, this song breaks me up into pieces the most.

[@alicenicolas3006]

Was waiting for it for so long! (Yes, from yesterday seemed to be an eternity for me)

[@nicholasofficial4141]

tamino was the last artist i saw before the pandemic. this song sounds like a life i used to have. amazing, lovely, heartbreaking everytime.

[@EvilGamerCrowley]

Love from Turkey

[@Abueisha]

This is really art .. love it so much

[@Seviana]

I cannot express in words how much i love this song so I think i'm just going to cry

[@rogeliotorres5047]

Yesterday 94.2k subscribed, today 94.3k! Steadily rising up, Tamino you’re so deserving of more subscribers. I hope to go to one of your concerts some day.

[@federicapnn__3848]

I was waiting for this for so much time, thank you Tam🌧🦂 love you

[@onefloyd.8967]

thank you for your music.

[@omerburakoranl228]

Az önce tanışma şerefine nail olduğum beyefendi. Kesinlikle jeff buckley’in reenkarne hali. Kadife ses, melankoli, depresiflik tenör gitar tonları en sevdiğim.

[@nastasjajovicic2602]

Omg I was waiting for this....and I still think I wasn’t prepared for the greatness😢

[@superlune3831]

best song i’ve heard in years...🙏

[@amanihammami36]

I cant wait to see you next month ❤️❤️❤️ your voice, music and lyrics make me feel alive.

[@slitions4285]

Hey r u going to see him in Tunisia?

[@amanihammami36]

sliti ons yeess

[@doroteamarojevic5120]

I just found Tamino and am listening to the whole discography IT'S SO GOOD BDISKS

[@morfinkafe6702]

Bey abimizin kelimeleri resmen müzikle dans ediyor.

[@tani883]

you make me wanna express love

[@user-cn2ok2vl7n]

Mükemmel.. Galiba Tamino'ya aşığım❤️

[@asiyesudebatu1345]

adorable voice

[@macymcdowell1866]

Please don’t you ever stop singing 🖤

[@youssefawedni3731]

He is doing a show on tunisia next month i will die to see him live omfg so excited

[@andressagarin7652]

This song makes me want ti live 😪💕

[@inesgerryscaloni5032]

So proud

[@reda4255]

I love you Tamino

[@judy2406]

They are amazing 😭

[@Historyrhymezz]

thank you for your concert few days ago. love you.

[@evanae1995]

My soul love this song

[@zeynepbirinci8680]

A Masterpiece💛🧡

[@theresae4767]

Amazing as usual

[@Cat-lb3eo]

i love him so much

[@Sky-td8mo]

This song puts me in a really good mood for some reason

[@naomitiefenbrunn2857]

Yes!

[@evafnz]

C'est magnifique...

[@user-qd2qp4nn5k]

this is amazing

[@acetaminophriends]

This is all I need right now

[@razank7453]

Im in love 🥺❤️

[@BlackBerry-mm5hi]

Love your songss tamino

[@dopearcadetheman]

made my day.

[@hellblazer1602]

Dit is een meesterwerk, een zegen. Bedankt!

[@ayouya6697]

gosh ! you're so amazing ! i just love all your songs and covers ! i'm your big fan love you

[@findmeusingalink8561]

Beautiful

[@clementinekruczynski7679]

Tamino i love you. I love your soul.

[@welcometodmitrysworld]

Well that was unexpected! Thanks for making music!!!

[@noahgomezv]

omg this is beautiful 🥺💜

[@kokokeno5039]

I just want to hear you by me only .. I’m really happy cause you are underrated wonderful singer!♥️

[@user-ed9kr6rs4w]

Beautiful as always 💜

[@pierograziani8885]

Una delle cose più belle che negli ultimi anni abbia mai sentito

[@bilgealtnok7689]

radioheadish ✨

[@azulschenquerman]

Thank you for this

[@wolffromthewoods1089]

Pure inspiration

[@Reuquar]

*melts*

[@michelavita7398]

Like a dream in your teen years