Lyric discussion by MarcelLionheart 

Cover art for Annan Water lyrics by Decemberists, The

Yeah, I transcribed the lyrics here having only heard it twice, so there are some inaccuracies which I was hoping other people would correct. Figured it would be better just to get them up. I'm not sure about this, though, since he usually enunciates the k when he says 'wreck' and he is a shape-shifting animal, so rat might work as well. I don't have the official lyrics in front of me of course.

I thought rat too. But it seems awfully...un-poetic of him.