A Harsh Self-Realization

from 5 Tragedies by Tio Rex

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lyrics

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

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from 5 Tragedies, released March 18, 2018
Written and composed by Tio Rex
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sérgio Miendes 
Produced by Sérgio Miendes and Tio Rex

Tio Rex - voice / acoustic guitar 
Marta Banza - acoustic piano 
Nelson Graf Reis - violin 
Zé Miguel Zambujo - clarinet
 Bernardo Pacheco Pereira - bass 
Diogo Sousa - drums

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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