[Soft, haunting acoustic] [Verse 1] I pour salvation in a glass For men with blood beneath their nails They come to me when darkness falls And tell me all their tales [Verse 2] The sheriff drinks his guilt away Three whiskeys every night Confesses to the bodies buried Says he did what's right [Verse 3] The farmer's son who held the torch The widow in her black They all sit at my altar here And none of them look back [Chorus] I'm the keeper of their secrets The witness to their sins I serve communion in a shot glass To the ghosts of what has been They think the liquor drowns their demons But I see them clear as day I'm the priestess of this temple And the damned come here to pray [Verse 4] I knew the preacher when he lived His hands were on me too So when they came with gasoline I knew just what to do [Verse 5] I didn't ask and didn't judge Just filled their glasses high Sometimes salvation comes in fire And sometimes alibis [Chorus] I'm the keeper of their secrets The witness to their sins I serve communion in a shot glass To the ghosts of what has been They think the liquor drowns their demons But I know they haunt their sleep I'm the priestess of this temple Got secrets of my own to keep [Bridge] They don't know that I was there The night the church burned bright I handed them the matches And I said "go make it right" [Final Chorus] So I'm the keeper of their secrets But they'll never know my own I serve salvation in a glass each night From behind this wooden throne The sheriff thinks he's damned alone The town thinks they're the ones who fell But I'm the one who lit the match And I'll see them all in hell [Outro] Come on in and take a seat Tell me what you've done I've heard worse confessions Before the rising sun I've heard worse than you I've done worse than you
