Ofra Haza, Eden Riegel

fionmul: Timeless story, timeless music. Zimmer is a GOAT.

• Edward James +2 — This is probably the most perfect read of the category. Brad said last night that I dreamed a dream would be the best choice. I think it would tie this one, but not surpass it. I don’t think there is any song that better captures the biblical sense of longing and unanswered deliverance. Everything about this movie is a miracle, and nothing like it will probably ever be made again. I can’t listen to this without being deeply and viscerally moved.
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Absolutely incredible. Perfect submission.
• ared56 +1
• Sam Ary +1 — goated
• judd.baker +1 — My read of this category was heavily informed by the title being a Psalm, and in that vein, I think this submission is perfect.
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — I just found that there is a solemnity to the way the title of the round is phrased. I respect alternative takes but feel my own is valid as well.
• SamRobertsND 0 — A great choice.
• Claire 0 — It’s an epic song. Didn’t make the podium for me, though, I think in part because it’s almost too literal? As in, it’s a literal plea to God in the context of a biblical story whereas I feel like what I was looking for was something more poetic and/or figurative. But I recognize that these are not necessarily the only criteria one could judge by
• shea nowicki -1 — I 1000% know I'm in the minority on this-- it fits the category in every possible way on paper, but just didn't quite get me lamenting. Maybe just because I'm not listening in the context of the movie itself? Maybe because the beat isn't the sound I'd gravitate toward during personal moments of lamenting? I don't really know