Angle of Repose

from Civil Dawn by The Pharaoh Sisters

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lyrics

Do you stare through the trees
At our little houses?
And wonder why we fluster so much?
From an airplane every front door
And every window
Is tiny speck of light, but it’s our whole world

We’ve reached beyond the angle
Of repose, trying to do too much
Songs of ascent up a hill eroding
Boredom, medication, isolation

You calm my soul
You calm my soul
Like a nursing a child

We self-medicate, but We are not okay
Bored all day staring at blue light
Keep it together, keep it together
Keep it together,
You’ve done nothing wrong,
You’re a good person...but are you?

Hello, hello, keep my heart low Lord
Let not my eyes, be lifted too high
On things not for me
Make my eyes to see a sky like a sea
That I missed while I stared
Hunched in chair and clicking on nothing

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from Civil Dawn, released January 20, 2020

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The Pharaoh Sisters Winston Salem, North Carolina

Seated in the foothills of Appalachia, we are related to no one, are beneficiaries of no tradition, and no one asked us to carry on anything. Aloof and uninvited, we press on. Our music blends the cowboy sensibilities of our Western-roots with the Appalachian traditions of dark imagery and moody stringed instruments from our current home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. ... more

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