Toi
Toi or TOI may refer to:
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Toi (song)
"Toi" (English translation: "You") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in French by Irish singer Geraldine. The entry had a high pedigree, being penned by three authors/composers who had all written/composed previous Eurovision winners. Pierre Cour had been partly responsible for the 1960 winner "Tom Pillibi" and Bill Martin and Phil Coulter had created the 1967 winner "Puppet on a String".
The song is a ballad, with Geraldine telling her lover that "my life doesn't exist without you" and pledging her unending love to him. Geraldine recorded the song in two languages; French and her mother tongue English, the latter as "You".
Another singer with a similar name, Géraldine, represented Switzerland in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, finishing last with 'nul points', but as John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History notes, despite the similarity in name, the two singers are unique. This Geraldine later married the song's composer, Phil Coulter.
Toi (name)
Toi is a fairly common man's name in Māori and other Polynesian languages.
The best known men named Toi are the following from Māori legendary history, who are sometimes confused with one another:
The descendants of Toi-kai-rākau are named Te Tini-a-Toi – the many descendants of Toi. In the part of the Bay of Plenty where the Mataatua canoe landed, these descendants were divided into at least 18 groups or hapu. Sometimes also the name Te Tini o Toi is used.
The Only Mark We Can Leave
Don’t know what to say
But there’s so many things I want to do
Do something great
So they remember me when this life’s through
But what’s the point
They’ll only turn and walk away from me
The only thing they’ve ever done for me
Is map my destiny
Something’s not right
We’re living ordinary lives
What could be the cause of this
I’m sure good reasons don’t exist
Society
Feeds lies of how we’re supposed to be
If we’d only be ourselves
We’d learn to make a difference with our lives
Measure of success in the end
Isn’t popularity
If fact the first will be the last
(The last) will be first anyway
The only mark that we can leave
Begins with just a change of heart
Faith can move mountains
We’ll shake worlds if we all play our parts
Let us not be silent
Let us not cause rocks to scream
I’ll be the first to cry out
To show the world just what it means
And when we cry out (Saviour)
Just what’s holding us back
We’ll sink the ships we’re sailing
Due to the wisdom we lack
But if the last thing I say (Saviour)
Reflects the choices I’ve made
Then I’ll be with You someday
