5 Tragedies (EP)

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5 Tragedies EP

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released March 18, 2018

All songs written and composed by Tio Rex, except track 5, written by Tio Rex and João Mota.


Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sérgio Miendes

Produced by Sérgio Miendes and Tio Rex



The Dark Con of Man

Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitar

Sérgio Miendes - electric guitars / lapsteel
Nelson Graf Reis - violin
Bernardo Pacheco Pereira - bass
Diogo Sousa - drums / percussion


A Harsh Self-Realization


Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitar

Marta Banza - acoustic piano

Nelson Graf Reis - violin

Zé Miguel Zambujo - clarinet

Bernardo Pacheco Pereira - bass

Diogo Sousa - drums


This Is An Intervention



Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitar

Marta Banza - acoustic piano / backing vocals

Sérgio Miendes - electric guitar / lapsteel

Zé Miguel Zambujo - saxophone

Vítor Rodrigues Coimbra - upright bass

Diogo Sousa - drums / percussion


The Gods Are Dying

Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitars / banjo

Sérgio Miendes - electric guitar / lapsteel / backing vocals

João Mota - backing vocals




The Sinking of S.S. Friendship (feat. João Mota)



Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitars

João Mota - voice

Sérgio Miendes - electric guitar / lapsteel

Marta Banza - backing vocals





All songs recorded throughout several sessions between February 2017 and January 2018 at Sérgio's home, Marta's home and Estúdio RD



Design and artwork by Ana Polido


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Tio Rex, também conhecido como Miguel Reis, é um cantautor Setubalense que, recorrendo a delicadas composições de guitarra e munido de uma voz grave, tem vindo a construir o seu próprio imaginário autobiográfico, que, de disco para disco, vai ganhando novos capítulos e abordagens alusivas ao mundo que o rodeia. ... more

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Track Name: The Dark Con of Man
The Dark Con of Man


On horse’s back and wielding a sword, he roams through this World slaying every man. In his heart: The Promised Land. In his eyes: The wit to conquer all.


Are you lost?

Take his hand… He’ll put you to good use. In the name of his dream, you’ll be another step on a staircase of bodies. And on his way to the top, he’ll be your best friend well aware your blood will shed.

Are you lost?

Kiss his hand… He’ll suck out your soul in exchange for a bond worth your integrity. And you’ll become one more number in the midst of the rest and you’ll live out this life with nothing in your chest.

Track Name: A Harsh Self-Realization
A Harsh Self-Realization


So I thought by now I’d have it all figured out

What life and love and loss and death are all about

But the one in the mirror’s not me

And the one on this side, he can’t see

What I really need…

Is not whisky nor pills, not sex and not weed

Not fake friends with fake interests, not pity, not sleep

It’s not money nor food, not four walls and clean sheets

All I need is to not need a thing



So you thought you knew what hides behind my smile

You’re so quick to judge, does that make it worth?

While you sit in the dark in your lair

Spying too close to comprehend

Who I really am…

Is not a drunk or a junkie

Not strong and not weak

Not smart and not funny

And yes, I know I can’t sing

I don’t need your attention


Press stop now: 1, 2, 3…



One of the many lies I keep telling to me

One of the many lies I keep telling to me

One of the many lies I keep selling to me

One of the many lies I keep telling to me
Track Name: This Is An Intervention
This Is An Intervention



The boost of warmth

Coursing through your veins

It isn’t new,

It isn’t true,

It isn’t you.


The weight you bare

Doesn’t match the scale’s display

Not for a pound,

Not for an ounce,

Not even close.



If you mess with vices, they will mess with you

And your disguises, they won’t see you through

If you mess with vices, they will mess with you

And someday soon they will have you consumed



So my advice amounts to this:

Don’t close your eyes.

‘Least not while you still have so much to give…



If you mess with vices, they will mess with you

And your disguises, they won’t see you through

If you mess with vices, they will mess with you

And someday soon they will have you consumed
Track Name: The Gods Are Dying
The Gods are Dying


Watch them fall like brownish leaves

And we’re not even through September

The Gods, the Gods are dying

The Gods, the Gods are dead



Townes Van Zandt, Seeger and Cash

Dylan and Cohen up next

The Gods, the Gods are dying

The Gods, the Gods are dead.



I still worship near or far,

When I pick up a guitar

And though I feel them in the breeze

Now I’m howling on my knees:

The Gods, the Gods are dying

The Gods, My Gods are dead.
Track Name: The Sinking of S.S. Friendship
The Sinking of S.S. Friendship



Me and my friend John, we stayed passed the curtain call
Bingin’ on just another couple tens of shots.
The friendship vessel we stood on had been adrift for quite a bit
And as the whisky level rose, the boat done sank, we sank with it.




Deixa que a aurora se demore noutro lado,

Que a manhã não venha perturbar o manso céu estrelado,

Que a noite por aqui teimou.. Deu que falar.

Bebeu demais, deixou o sonho a hidratar.

Conta-me mais, remexe as águas mata a sede

De inventar rios onde o coração sossegue.

Que o tempo vai emudecer este lugar.

Que o tempo é água de correr, desaparecer, sumir no mar…

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