Winter seems so far away… I open my mouth and I can taste the heat of the South Baptized in Whisky I worship the sound Thick like clouds under the Tennessee sky, damned and divine Every summer has a story and this one is mine The high priestess of prophecy I preach my sermons to the cicadas in the trees Heavy with the holiness of his riffs I bleed The Southern sun will light the room With secrets of the moon…secrets of the moon I close my eyes and come alive Inside the sacred mood….the sacred mood Night falls and the fireflies surround me like rain I can hear the distant thunder of August immaculate in its pain This is the ballad of a blasphemous girl The lament of an insomniac, a dirge for the sacrosanct Doomed with the rumble of the deep I pray my soul will continue to speak As the low end strangles me The Southern sun will light the room With secrets of the moon…secrets of the moon I close my eyes and come alive Inside the sacred mood…the sacred mood The Southern sun will light the room With secrets of the moon…secrets of the moon I close my eyes and come alive Inside the sacred mood…the sacred mood Beauty for some provides an escape For others, an exquisite dying