 According to the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing on Musicnotes.com, "Lacrymosa" is an alternative metal, gothic rock and post-grunge song set in a common time and performed in slow tempo of 48 beats per minute.Although the original "Lacrimosa" sequence was performed in D-minor, it was transposed into E-minor by Lee and Terry Balsamo.The instrumentation in the song is provided by piano, guitar, violins and drums.