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I feel like this has so much to teach about textures, wow!! Some standout moments for me:

0:30 super evocative harmonic shift, especially with the crumbling + bells like church bells hinting at death. Very nice contrast of stable 3-note elements in the background, watching things pass by you as you say. This section feels really nice as if you're just watching things, somehow timelessly for the last couple minuts
1:30 the low end growing before the high end (emotions/feeling come before thoughts/words)
1:40 very cool when vice versa, high comes before low (crying about loss, but knowing you can't do anything about it)
1:50 feels like a last breath
2:00 only high end feels like there's nothing you can do but accept what's happened.

It's interesting the big high/low string contrasting layers come most prominently later in the piece, nearing the end. And background elements take the main focus in the middle, kind of this liminal waiting period. There's so much here that feels like it mirrors the stages of grief. Each layer feels like it serves a purpose, with such an effective ebb and flow. I noticed there were times I would anticipate one to come, only for another to take it's place. Each grabbing for space, like the emotions and thoughts pulling at you. Phenomenal job on that interplay

Not sure why today's the day I write essays on some people's entries xD, but it's so good. I could imagine Jeremy Soule writing this, the musicality, writing, feeling, everything really comes together here