I always wondered what the girl's whispered bit is in this song.

Apparently it's:

"i've heard of ghosts,
good ghosts
who wander the battle fields at night
guiding soldiers out of danger
you can see them almost everywhere (?)
always warning of stray bullets
and lurking enemies
...if i was such a ghost,
i would stay so close to you,
you could feel my breath on your cheek"

For some reason I really like this. :) (But we all knew I'm a Decemberists fangirl already, right?)