"His dad would come home from his night job and he had to sleep in the daytime. When he and his brother were too loud, his dad would give them military punishment." What exactly is Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl whispering on Everlong?

Dave Grohl in Denver circa 1998.

There are 20 seconds, if that, in Foo Fighters’ most popular song that are bound to trigger anyone who absolutely loathes whispering.

The moment that will get misophonics gnashing their teeth is the sound of Dave Grohl softly talking into a lo-fi microphone towards the end of the song. The compressed recording sounds like a whispered secret trapped in soft waves of static, yet perfectly suits the mood of the track.