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Holidays in the United States

by Charity Bliss

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1.
Pray 05:21
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The deaf married the blind While our congregation let surrounding forests burn Be still, the rain can wash it out If anyone speaks up from their guilty conscience I’ll pick wildflowers from her mouth Be still, when losing all your hope All I’ve ever wanted back Are beautiful reminders of things that I lack Make me a heartsick amnesiac New blood to get away Only so many ways to pray The bow that let down the arrow Starved the infant Our pride inside the exit wound Be still, there’s not much room to grow Carry all the blame like I’m supposed to You went and found the exit sign Be still, your body’s just a host All I’ve ever wanted back Are beautiful reminders of things that I lack Make me a heartsick amnesiac New blood to get away Only so many ways to pray Boxing shadows, I’m to blame Lost in every way Feeling different, once again I’ll behave my friend A year went by and, I’m to blame Watched love go to waste A losing battle, I’ll repent You’ll remain the end All I’ve ever wanted back Are beautiful reminders of things that I lack Make me a heartsick amnesiac New blood to get away Only so many ways to pray
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Ocean 03:20
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Just tried to sleep in the weight of the ocean Position myself under the salt of love Sorting out the meaning in what I’m deprived of I’m more than an appendage, romanticized Sifting through the petals Let your body unwind If he dares to put a rip into that prom dress Press your gun to his chest Might the fear of God strike one half of a man Who could never learn by and by Could never fault her Just tried to claim her Just tried to sleep in the weight of the ocean Never turned true blue Just tried to hold you Just tried to sleep in the weight of the ocean Everything in everyone is far too loud Patience in the wine, press your ear to my mouth Lunge across the car if it feels right Weary from the headaches and your family’s insides The pattern of a bad phase Aching for the one who taught love in the first place To a father’s son Try to keep my heart closed From surely beating up anyone Could never fault her Just tried to claim her Just tried to sleep in the weight of the ocean Never turned true blue Just tried to hold you Just tried to sleep in the weight of the ocean Surviving innocence, cleanse me of all my sins How vacant is heaven right now Slow blooming in the shade I promise to appreciate All of the holidays in the United States
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Rope 04:02
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I took the words from your mother I took the drugs but they put me to sleep How will you tell your brother I crashed the gates for a God I could not appease Take your love back if it’s what you need I’ve got to learn just what it takes to breed Notions are the rope that won’t fit right In other’s eyes I’m worth half what I hoped for Soaked both the promise rings in bleach A blood stain on the carpet That could fill a moat but not my body Take your love back if it’s what you need I’ve got to learn just what it takes to breed Notions are the rope that won’t fit right In other’s eyes The ones I try to love are multiplying And yet again What I try to build Just keeps on dying Over and over again My trauma surely shows the fear I mark On everyone I know Bereft I speak in tongues and moths explode My eyes fixed on the one
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Lynne 03:55
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I complicate the feeling And hope I’ll feel brand new Or just amused I know your family thinks I just got up and left But a chemical imbalance took all I had And even if I’m said an done (I’ll rectify your plan) There’s nothing worse than faking it (I hope you understand) That even in my darkest times the blood was red Lynne I’m begging you I’m twice as much the man This Halloween was fleeting And deadlines have no use You walk right through I’m a novelty perfected staring back at you I’m a pseudo choke chain wedding with no use You could fall into the deep end of my mind Without even trying
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Materia 05:37
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Take me as you found me or leave me just the same You can’t have the hunger if you don’t share the pain Preen the quills of make believe So I can be erased A stained glass reincarnate so sins can be repaid Hey I hollowed out your name To feel We’re one in the same Hey I hollowed out your name To feel We’re one in the same now You could be the savior you could be the saved Vacancies are just a wake and everyone is late Coughed up any blood I had I hope it takes your place My organs simply had enough grace can’t be replaced Hey I hollowed out your name To feel We’re one in the same Hey I hollowed out your name To feel We’re one in the same now We’re one in the same now You’ll never forget You loved me once and I loved you twice Could’ve even been a thousand times Never did anything else quite as right I sat here just to pass the time A nail gun shot a ray of light Through my skull and deep into the night You didn’t leave much time there To try and find Anything we left behind
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To Feel Warm 03:25
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All I’ve got Are feelings that I buried underneath the mud They’re trapped inside the belly of the beast Don’t paint Me as soft or lazy unless you own a frame To keep it all inside I refuse to waste the good I have To feel warm Lost in the wait I’ll embrace what you are All I’ve got Is laced in guilt and doublespeak Incense to tongue The only reason you got what you need is me Begging for a family So keep me away From any light you find I refuse to waste the good I have To feel warm Lost in the wait I’ll embrace what you are Which saint chose to define this How the demons will persist I will never be the same again
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Pay No Mind 04:24
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The bitterness I carry Pinned my limbs and fed the dark No son or daughter I create Will dare to fix me So pay no mind Your demons sang through the plush of the pew A family left singing Christmas songs for you If Jesus takes us all I’ll know You love me so, you love me so Biding time could feel so cold Kill the thought of floating on The lake will freeze The river bends I’m all alone again Those of the married Are either falling apart of moving on I took it all for granted still A guarantee of God’s will And I am fine Praise the last lie cast the first stone The willing outlive most everyone A pawn was left the marble throne To appease the ones used as a stepping stone Biding time could feel so cold Kill the thought of floating on The lake will freeze The river bends I’m all alone again Could you say it You love me so
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You're an Angel (Still) 05:14
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Chase a moment and sabotage a home You’re an angel still Blame it all on retrograde’s soft drone You’re an angel still Speaking in prose when you’re not around Misery is passion disguised by sound Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life Leave when panic undermines my soul You’re an angel still Call me out on all the faults I’ve grown You’re an angel still Speaking in prose when you’re not around Misery is passion disguised by sound Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life Picking through stained glass in my mouth You’d proudly take a moment to help me out Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life Speaking in prose when you’re not around Misery is passion disguised by sound Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life Speaking in prose when you’re not around Misery is passion disguised by sound Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life Picking through stained glass in my mouth You’d proudly take a moment to help me out Love’s not lost if love’s not found It’ll only cost your life No band Means no shows All talk, hiccup Laborious Assiduous In prose I’ll resolve Explain everything to no one The sounds tell the truth They dethroned my loneliness Exhumed and removed And though paintings made for me Stared from the walls Acrylic sunk deep into all of the songs
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Acrylic 04:27
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Lovers come and lovers go Antiquate my mind If I need to know you by a new last name that’s fine But I’ve been dreaming of your face every night Emptiness came creeping in It ate my meaning In the belly of my worst mistake what do I embody Can I shape-shift and walk away with my belongings This painting it means everything The artist tried to nurture me Color bled in black and white Apple of my eye Boredom turned the martyr blind in a glow of high beam light I’d like to sleep with all my fears of losing time Emptiness came creeping in It ate my meaning In the belly of my worst mistake what do I embody Can I shape-shift and walk away with my belongings This painting it means everything The artist tried to care for me I hope that you know now I figured it out My head is safe and sound But if you’re aching for someone to blame Kiss my neck the same And to your mom and dad I’m sorry for the mess Emptiness came creeping in It ate my meaning In the belly of my worst mistake what do I embody Can I shape-shift and walk away with my belongings This painting it means everything The artist tried to care for me
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Holidays in the United States 07:00
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Feel time Slipping through your hands again With all your plans Tie a knot You’ll never kill like they did It’s all an imbalance This loneliness will pass But deaths of friends amassed A fear that you’ll be last Feel the horror change your face Loving empires are laid to waste Promise to appreciate Holidays in the United States In the end The child in you won’t hit back Or cover your tracks Left alone Pining for a sense of self But all you found is Pain from the divorce Lacking nuance of remorse And those you left ignored Feel the horror change your face Loving empires are laid to waste Promise to appreciate Holidays in the United States Feel the horror change your name All your heroes burst and decay Promise to appreciate Holidays in the United States I complicate the feeling In spite of who we are If I praise you like the sun Will you return to me at dawn Your painting on the wall I talk to it in the dark It listens to my thoughts But never says too much at all A childlike wonder skipping like a stone If you were still around I know we’d make this house a home This loneliness will pass But deaths of friends amassed A fear that you’ll be last Feel the horror change your face Loving empires are laid to waste Promise to appreciate Holidays in the United States Feel the horror change your name All your heroes burst and decay Promise to appreciate Holidays in the United States You trace your mind to see Which novelty is worthy But in the time and space we occupy I will be buried

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"It doesn't matter about what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it?"

Charity Bliss explores new sonic landscapes with "Holidays in the United States." A brooding alt-rock record with sounds that mirror its lyrical content.

Blending the howl of guitar feedback with melody, songwriter Brendan Machowski portrays the human condition in an authentic light.

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released April 22, 2019

Written, performed, and produced by: Brendan Machowski
Recorded by: Brendan Machowski
Mixed by: Brendan Machowski
Mastered by: Brendan Machowski
Album art by: Brendan Machowski

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Alt-rock outfit from Seymour Connecticut, Charity Bliss blends gigantic pop hooks with noisy rock guitars. Multi-instrumentalist Brendan Machowski creates everything from stripped down folk inspired tracks to larger than life sounds.

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