 Lyrically, the song speaks about a break-up, as illustrated in the verse "And you can blame it on me / Just set your guilt free, honey / I don't want to hold you back now love".Rob Sheffield from "Rolling Stone" said that "Lacrymosa" features Lee "sobbing hysterically over a grand piano".According to the IGN reviewer, Ed Thompson, the song "takes the trademark Evanescence sound - Lee's celestial voice, and adds her brooding lyrics 'I can't change who I am, not this time, I won't lie to keep you near me and in this short life, there's no time to waste on giving up.