I don't hear that "[And]" in the live version that I have. The first missing part sounds like "bachelor's tongue". In the next part, I think it's "...drink-clinking brothers, they don't have to tell us, 'cause we know". At your next missing part, I hear, "... What a fright we felt in that night. Friends, just shout it all out, all the 'why's and 'no-no's, all the cries in your throat. And how right we felt..."
You did a great job of transcribing the lyrics! Thanks for doing so. We won't know the true and final lyrics until the album comes out, though. I can't wait. :)
Will introduces it with: "Well, I'm going to soldier on with the incredibly depressing songs for which I am so known and tolerated. This song is called Lay of the Last Survivor."
As for the title (and possibly the lyrics), it is probably a reference to the lines in Beowulf (2247-2266, http://www.heorot.dk/beo-ru.html) that are commonly referred to by the same title. I know little about Beowulf. This is what Wikipedia told me.
For some reason, at least live and acoustic, this song reminds me of I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away. I guess it's just the way it's sung.
I don't hear that "[And]" in the live version that I have. The first missing part sounds like "bachelor's tongue". In the next part, I think it's "...drink-clinking brothers, they don't have to tell us, 'cause we know". At your next missing part, I hear, "... What a fright we felt in that night. Friends, just shout it all out, all the 'why's and 'no-no's, all the cries in your throat. And how right we felt..."
You did a great job of transcribing the lyrics! Thanks for doing so. We won't know the true and final lyrics until the album comes out, though. I can't wait. :)
Will introduces it with: "Well, I'm going to soldier on with the incredibly depressing songs for which I am so known and tolerated. This song is called Lay of the Last Survivor."
As for the title (and possibly the lyrics), it is probably a reference to the lines in Beowulf (2247-2266, http://www.heorot.dk/beo-ru.html) that are commonly referred to by the same title. I know little about Beowulf. This is what Wikipedia told me.
For some reason, at least live and acoustic, this song reminds me of I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away. I guess it's just the way it's sung.