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5 Tragedies

by Tio Rex

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1.
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.

2.
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
3.
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
4.
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.
5.
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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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 Setúbal, Portugal

Tio Rex aka Miguel Reis is a singer-songwriter based in Setúbal, Portugal.
Driven by delicate guitar compositions and armed with a deep baritone voice, Miguel has been painting his own auto-biographical landscape, adding new chapters and windows to the world that surrounds him with each record. ... more

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