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Victory Laps

by Charlie HC

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1.
I'm doing okay feeding myself twice a day and I'm doing alright brushing my teeth every night and Calling out the broken bottles cleaning up someone's old mess Hereditary cycles got me working on those straight-back days I'm feeling a 10 waking up at 6 am I'm feeling breezy prepping meals on Sunday evenings
2.
Especial 02:36
"Eres tan especial" De que me servira si en los barrios no hay un calle arbolado un parque explotado un pueblo que suda el calor Un matinee, un canto de cada rey y cada reina que reina sobre su huerto comunidad, las ramas encorvadas por el peso de frutas que dan para regalar Tuve que aprender después de viejo a soñar y ahora solo sueño atreverme a realizar No habra perdón si no logro justificar mi nacimiento
3.
I can't claim the sun if won't bask in it won't dance in it won't bear my eyes I can't make that claim I can't claim the sun if I can't straighten up arms to side not crossed and hide with an old disguise I'd let you sink in those fang and teeth but you're so set on a dive-and-sink to a cold room lit by a tv I'd let you sink in those fang and teeth but you're so heavy we'd only sink to a cold room lit by a tv
4.
Let's get out, let's watch clouds watch the colors shift in scrape your fins, cut your teeth leave white streaks on the wind watch daylight melt away Oh these weekends oh they get away I should be able to make the most of days Still finding old bones but I'm digging new holes I know all I have to do is turn a key shift into D4 Coastal roads old cars rust wrought iron ribs tidal locked dirty south sweat it out Lone, all alone driving slow and I do this to myself for the best need some space need a break
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6.
Checking myself to be sure I'm savoring just the ripe not the rot, not curl into a knot singing on my morning drive. Checking myself to be sure I see you as you are. As you are as you were, not just what i'd prefer and not a bullseye or an ostrich place You said you'd be an idea to me let the months show what the case might be I never had a problem with the solo gig I've learned a lot and I'm ready to give You said you'd be an idea to me let the months come and stay and whittle away, and render it plain checking myself be sure I keep a steady pace on the trails on the track making up for the slack busting ankles everyday checking myself be sure this isn't just a swell highway laps, taking naps, barely missing the curb making sure it's worth the time for her Golden eyes, I hold you with some kind of grace since the moment I first saw your stupid face Golden eyes, and even after these years cheval différent sur le même carrousel It's just like seeing her for the first time
7.
Pesaera 02:22
I'm happy with how everything turned out the pieces fell naturally at their own time I can't wait to see what comes next and put all our pieces to test I'm at peace A hundred lives dangling from a couple strings in your room Did I waste most of my youth trying in vain to grow up? A dragging feel, it isn't real I just haven't got my sleep I'll take a nap and pack my bags and take you to your mothers house I'm glad that you you could, you could, like Persephone dance and the flowers oh they bloomed where your light feet did bless
8.
Newman 01:26
*adlibs and bathroom reverb*
9.
Everyone has all these flags, packed into their little packs dreaming of what distant lands they'll plant them in so everyone's trying their best. I promise that I won't mean or say a word discouraging because no matter what I think most everyone and everything is trying their best. I promise I won't be sarcastic, argue with impassioned I'll listen with my heart and not just wait until my turn to speak I'm trying my best. To pay back all the calories and smiles that I have withheld all the heys I could have said and privilege that I could have spent all the kindness I've received from people not that close to me compliments and kindest words deflected to not accrue debt *charlie turns a knob on a Logic effect parameter and goes whoosh* Days that run astray do the skys and clouds that gradiate teach me something something that I can't see, lessons hard to name? Am I learning things in deepest sleep? Am I growing without even knowing? Did, by sheer mistake, I actually give my take? Did I grow? Did I know?
10.
Knives out gash it open wouldn't you say all the times we had were worth the blood all the days in the mud come and bear those knives and open up your mouth come on and say your piece say what you really mean come and bear those knives and open your goddamn mouth come on and say your piece say what you fucking mean
11.
Epilogue 05:02
A life changing injury a sharp point between your teeth two old flames crossing paths in a parking lot You saw her car sitting in the dark you turned around and there she was stumbling like the world's smallest coward I was thinking of you what you'd want me to do so I turned around and walked away maybe over the hills maybe across the bay I'll hear the twinkling of a tiny bell that softest yell A life I just threw away close enough now to just say 'hey' Two old flames crossing off in a parking lot You thought you saw a familiar shape stopped in your tracks because there she was wishing she had hid so much sooner. And I said oh my god just what we needed and lol just who'd have thought it I'll just turn around and let you going living this your cool new life what ever that is Were there scripts or strings or gods at play? The night I first saw you, I swear you were in some spotlight take And when we met as if by some star-thread grace the us grew so fast and it held so quick I can't retrace what a joke what a prank what a cosmic jest that I'd have to leave you bruised and abandoned just so I could let go of the weights and have the space I needed who you deserved in the first place All of these dreams what do they mean if they mean something? While I'm out here dreaming about you I wonder if you're out there dreaming dreams about me and wondering if all your dreams have some deeper meaning what could they mean
12.
Panacea 04:40
De vuelta a Aguadilla percataste que cambio en algún hectómetro dejaste de ser especial madrugado un sábado en un tapón le sirves bien al cuerpo de tu imperio. Tu carro sangre las calles venas Con un ojo pendiente al la temperatura del motor tú sabes que no hay duda algun la circunstancia ya no se encargara de que tengas panas o familia la libertad una panacea no fue te toca decidir buscas distraer Cuantas millas fueron celajes que nunca arquivó el odómetro que pretendías algún día arreglar la entropía ejemplada en tu hogar un microcosmo de un fenómeno astral no estas sin esperanza pero tienes que cambiar despierta se acaba el tiempo para trabajar

about

El 50% de todas las ganancias de Victory Laps se donará a Casa Pueblo y Plenitud PR, dos organizaciones locales que forjan un cambio positivo y sostenible en Puerto Rico. //
50% of all proceeds from Victory Laps will be donated to Casa Pueblo and Plenitud PR, two grassroots organizations engendering positive and sustainable change in Puerto Rico.
(plenitudpr.org // casapueblo.org)

Victory Laps is a collection of harmonies and melodies that the muses granted me on car rides and commutes between 2018-2020. It's about solitude and watching those you hold dear move on after college but it's also about positivity and best efforts. Structurally a pop album, semantically it reveals shades of punk, post hardcore, and post rock.

=reviews from friends=

"Victory laps is the slice of life anime soundtrack to Charlie's life." -Joseph
"Charlie's legs are so toned he could probably kick my teeth in if he wanted 😍" -Kristina
"Victory Laps is an excellent way to top off a great day of acid with friends. [A] Sonic triumph." - Bryan
"It's the jam that will keep you coming back for more." -Xavier
"Super good, simple, and unique." -Felix
"Somewhere in-between a bee stung Mars Volta and a Speed Cola Davendra Banhart had a baby. That baby was named Charlie HC" -Sebastian
"Charlie has such a unique way to stop time and power galaxies with these life experiences that add to the elegant design of the person that he is, cheers to these Victory Laps." -Nadia

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credits

released February 19, 2021

Photography - Gerardo Gonzalez (@gongephoficial / www.gongeph.com)
Ingeniero de mezcla y masterizaje - Eddie Román (erstudiopr@gmail.com)

Special thanks to:
Macoyo Rodriguez por emprestarme un bajo, Ryan Martin for recording vocals
La comunidad entera de Escuela Micael including but not limited to: The Morgan family The Geraci-Mark Family, The Halley-Molinari Family, The Horton-Sund Family, The Martin-Mulcahey family, Nav Nishan and Valentina, all my coworkers and students over the past 3 years.
All my dear friends and acquaintances, the Arbelo family, Arlinda Lopez, The Garcia-Fulcher family, housemates, my smash bros, old flames, kind-word-bearers, positive actioneers, islandmates, grueros, jeves, meseros, essential workers, gente que lleva su basura, gente que votaron, gente que sale a la calle, gente que se queda en su casa, Mandy Muse, April O'Neil, and all behind-the-curtain-phenomenon, if any, that has has enabled me to do good, sing/dance/doodle, and cuddle well.

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