Pretty but essentially "Maria McKee boring" to me. However the overlapping final chorus reaches it out of the lone justice doldrums and takes it to a much more interesting place. In a round where most people only chose to read one word of the challenge, extra points for you!

It's really astounding to me how much your singing and mixing have improved in the year I've been listening to your songs. I think the voice still gets lost from time to time in this mix, but overall it's pretty strong. There was something in the higher frequency that bothered me when I was listening on my car speakers, but not in my headphones or studio monitors, oddly. I think it was that strummy electric guitar. One thing I really like about this song is how you allow yourself to really FEEL the vocal performance while you sing it. You're hitting the notes, but also acting out the part in equal measure, and I find that kind of intensity contagious. The extra layer of vocals over the ending is icing on the cake. Man, looking over my rankings, I'm sorry I didn't have you higher!

loving the atmospheric sound you've been developing. Guitars sound great and the layered vocals work really well. There are lines in the chorus that don't quite work for me in terms of rhythm / scan, I think mostly just because "lapis lazuli" is a bit like a mini-tongue-twister. But I liked this a lot.