The decision to make the drop frazzled, yet completely motionless, makes it pierce so incredibly hard into my soul

this was my all time favorite level for a very, very long time. it's an incredible little experiment in minimalism and its position in my favorites has stood strong, even if it's not at the very top of my list anymore. the ease at which it represents the song with such bare decoration is stunning; a twenty-second part in the very middle with absolutely no moving objects or sharp movements being more tense than most 4x speed sections in extreme demons is beyond impressive. the only things present throughout the level excluding the bare gameplay elements are either lumps of intersecting lines or lyrics to the song written out, the latter of which would be a huge negative usually as i don't care for transcribed lyrics in levels but they manage to stay aligned with the rest of it visually and tonally so it's just another great feature.

also worth noting despite its extreme simplicity the transition into the chorus is jaw dropping.