
At the door of the den - it’s not yet the hour/to stay/ we leave our eyes by the door and we leave for far away
At the door of the den - it’s not yet the hour/to stay/ we leave our eyes by the door and we leave for far away
Of roots - Today was the day to return to the root of the nation, where it all began… we bare with us the words of the king that sleeps in our town, beneath the arch of the Santa Cruz. While we don’t forget the root, the words will not fall. But we don’t stay long – we go down to Porto for another stage. Interview with the electric Pedro from Porto Canal. Time to meet member of the pack, to break strings and bury hearts. Uncut. Joao Rui
video: Luis Belo
Let me tell you the story of a man, whom you adore
Whose eyes are like pools of madness
His calculated stroll is measured
His steps seem free willed to the untrained eyes
Crawling out, crawling out beneath the veil of the night
But I am his secret babe and you
But I am his secret babe and you
You, you, You are his wife
So Let me tell you the story of a man, whom you adore,
Whose eyes are adorned with shades so dark
His calculated stroll is measured
His steps seem free willed to the untrained eyes
And it’s been so many years since you’ve kissed this floor
When I go away, you’ll come back for more
But I am his secret babe and you
But I am his secret babe and you
You, you, You are his wife
Your hands are tied to his words
Crawling out ‘neath the veil of the night
Standing tall, Standing tall
Like if the rain was his mother
His truth is a lie, but better than a truth
is a truthful lie with sparks of love
And it’s been so many years since you’ve kissed this floor
When I go away, you’ll come back for more
Alright!
South & North - Memories / memories before the Boatman / memories of wolves
The secrets between books - there’s always more than we remember / always more
Abysses - What would be of the road without the small abysses that surround it? In each one there’s at least one good story to tell. Since the 7th that we don’t stop. The miles are growing longer in our knuckles while they go along the strings of saudade. According to what I remember we’ve travelled far enough to go through our country three times – that number three – if the road was straight. But she’s tortuous like the traces of our hands. And these are for me as strange as so many paths I would love to meet before I have to go away. And today was one of these days where we were lost through strange paths. Vast landscapes extended to the horizon; small handfuls of green bordered with stone walls adorned that what the view did encompass. But as we were also lost the time, we moved fast to Coimbra.
Today the wolf was the host of the Vinegar Socks blues. Then we went up the stage to share our songs with them. Susan dropped the bow of the violin to the "Six Blind Days" followed immediately by the smile of Paolo whose bow carved a new tune inside my closed eyes. I close them even more and hear it in the hands of Filippo; I close my heart so that I will not forget. Jordan is the last of the three to take the stage and they accompany the night to its end.
We move towards Mondego. I give them stories of the Boatman that lead to Rome ... Joao Rui
If time does not steal us - Like Joao Bento told me: I love the road: things have another charm; as if everything was a constant surprise. The admiration of the little things is as such for we have no time to meet all the traces of the face behind the veil. So, in the absence of hours, they reveal themselves to us in the words of those who receive us here. Today Portalegre is the face of whom I did not have time to remove the shadow of the veil. I take only the words and the eyes that received us with attention. I wanted to meet you. Time it’s always time – or the absence of it. My mother tells me that life is not short: it’s too long. Maybe she’s right, but why is it that the minutes the day offers me are never enough? I already guess that I will not be here long enough to find that peace; that calmness of the waves. For now everything is storm. One day I’ll come back here to meet you, if my mother is right. Save me that smile of today. Joao Rui
The dress of the Queen - In the interior of the other pigeonry the thief was waiting for her. Restless. With eyes fixed on the destruction runway. Not his knees, bbut his heart, was waiting for her. He leaned to her and his fingers tore her dress so he could recognize her body. Intact she smile to him – it’s but a dress and nothing else. So the thief went for a tailor that knew the secrets of such dresses. Long hours of despair by the door of the craftsman… by the time the wolf was presented to the Queen, the mended dress was turning around the six. And a full ball room was bursting with eyes where not one more could fit received her in silence. In silence. In silence. Such a wonderful gift. Thank you. Joao Rui