I think the last part is most important and a brilliant technique.
The narrator is singing the song to you, the rake who took his mother.
When Colin sings "And I will whisper the last words you'll hear..", the fact that it's
instrumental, your mind fills it in with the woman's words as if they're haunting you.
I found myself singing the words in my head as I was waiting for him to sing it.
People have said her words are stuck in their heads after they hear the song and I think this
helps to that effect.
I think the last part is most important and a brilliant technique. The narrator is singing the song to you, the rake who took his mother. When Colin sings "And I will whisper the last words you'll hear..", the fact that it's instrumental, your mind fills it in with the woman's words as if they're haunting you. I found myself singing the words in my head as I was waiting for him to sing it.
People have said her words are stuck in their heads after they hear the song and I think this helps to that effect.