 compared "Lacrymosa" to the music of Within Temptation and Nightwish.A writer of "The Independent" put the song on his list of "Download This" from "The Open Door".Brendan Butler from Cinema Blend was critical saying that "the worst song on "The Open Door", i[t’]s a toss up between 'Lacrymosa' with its abominable choir and the obnoxious 'Lose Control,' which features Amy crying for about five minutes."