Family Secret
Alannah Myles Lyrics

Sweet breeze, blowin' through a summer dress.
The singer describes a memory of seeing a woman in a summer dress from above and being in love with her.

Seen from a window above.
The singer saw the woman from an upstairs window.

Captured in the eyes of love.
The singer's love for the woman is still captured in their memory.

Shivers, in the cool, forbidden, dawn.
The artist recalls a moment of feeling cold and frightened in the early morning light.

Where the Iris and Jasmin run wild.
The artist was in an area where flowers were growing uncontrolled.

She was young, and he was a child.
The woman in the story was young and her partner was even younger.

He vanished, like July.
The partner disappeared suddenly, like the month of July quickly passes by.

Some folks, they wondered why.
Some people questioned what happened to the partner.

But old money has its friends.
Wealth and power can help cover up the truth.

Ain't it funny how the truth will bend?
The truth can be easily distorted for those with money and power.

[Chorus]
The singer repeats a warning about a family secret and Daddy's angel whose story has been buried.

Whispers, how they sound like raindrops.
The artist describes how whispers can be heard like the sound of a rainfall.

Hush now, we'll make it alright.
The singer consoles someone who is worried.

She's framed by the front porch light.
The woman in the story is seen in the light that is cast on the porch.

Uh huh, suspicion, raising up like dragonflies.
The feeling of suspicion is growing, and it's described as eerily similar to the dragonflies that fly up suddenly.

They say there's a story to tell, buried in the family well.
Rumors suggest that there is a dark story that's been kept hidden in the family's well.

Now the congregation prays.
The churchgoers pray for forgiveness and salvation.

Save us from our evil ways.
They ask for help to avoid making sinful mistakes and to be spared from the consequences.

Keep it in the family now, behind closed doors.
The family wants to keep their dark secrets within their family only.

Past the rows of cypress trees, through the Spanish moss.
The family's secrets are kept in their estate that's surrounded by Spanish moss hanging from cypress trees.

Those old stone walls.
The estate is protected by ancient stone walls, adding to its secrecy.