This is beautiful and powerful. Lyrically, the bridge is a little unexpected for some reason, not what I'd expect from the SWordsmith but still holding all the skill and imagery I've come to expect. The harmonies are gorgeous.. yes, this is definitely a gorgeous collaboration from two of my favorite Fawmers.

Stunning chorus! Love it! This is a mournful yet totally engaging lyric. Beautifully sung too. Gorgeous song!

Wow, this is great! I love the noir feel to this track, which perfectly fits the imagery in the lyrics (haunted, ghost etc).

Blimey... this has more than hints of a Bond theme tune. Something about the every-descending melody and then those gorgeous long notes in the chorus. Plus the whole Eastern Europe connection... Ah. This is such a top performance of a set of gut-wrenching lyrics. A wonderful listen to start me off on the last day of this fawm...

Wow, wow. So beautiful, so touching. Great story and superb singing.

Wow, this feels like an entire novel or a play compressed into song form. The story crosses so many miles. Absolutely fantastic work from both of you, I'm in awe.

This is just stunning, folks. Describing the production as "deceptively simple" is a cliché but here it's just true. It's exactly what the song needs. And the seamless switch from 3/4 to 5/4 and back is a stroke of genius.

Mixed meter, love it! I see these eyes, I see them! Lovely storytelling, lovely musical performance. Enjoyed listening 💚

I think it says a lot for the lyric how fantastic both versions are. that tales nothing away from Carly or Mike who we know are both tremendous deliverers of a song. as I said elsewhere! how could humanity go this way, but you know it probably will again. great stuff.

This is fantastic work. Haunting lyric and a masterfully-created musical superstructure for it to live in. Holy cow. This is glorious.

A third rendition, and a third title. Yes, the eyes are what haunts us here - a constant through times, that have survived love and what was thought to be loss - and survived suffering beyond our imaginations.

This is a rendition as gorgeous as it is sensitive. There's something that seems so contemporary about it, despite the historicity of the source material... a nod to the universality of the feeling, I suppose. The eyes are the windows to the soul, after all, and the world is full of souls with their own tales to tell, each infinitely rich and complex, and all too often imbued with calamity.

I am undone, UNDONE, by the twinkle that creeps in in the bridge. Ditto the little pause before the final chorus, where all the layers come together like a rush of blood to the heart, a rush of thoughts to the head, and a rush of adrenaline... from.. the pancreas, you know what, I should have stopped at the heart.

Don't you go anywhere, I'm coming back tomorrow to gush some more.

Lush, beautiful, emotional and such a wonderful slow burn. Amazing lyrics and an incredible attention to detail. So many beautiful details. What a masterclass on collaboration. Win for the both of you!

Stunning. Wow. Amazing. Carley has brought this exponentially higher than I would have expected. OMG. So good. Goals. Vocals, instrumentation, aching, (insert rest of word salad here.)

wow, this is fantastic.. one of those i need to listen about three times before it all comes into focus-- majestic, a great marriage of words and music and performance. great job all around! going 'bigger' at the end with the background vocals was a great choice and so expertly deployed too

I love the dark feel to the tune which brings out the note of loss and wistfulness inherent in the lyric. This is incredible work. I bow humbly before the masterful music creation here.