I know I shaded a certain judge earlier (

) but he was also the only one who told me that my song had too much clutter / was too long. A sentiment I agree with. So yay him for his great critiquing!
I hate when I start chucking out these songs with 16-line verses. It happens to me too often. Delete the fat @ Achilles.
Other than that, it seems that I really need to work on my stressing... which I know nothing about and have never considered in my songwriting. I don't even remember anyone even talking about stressing during PH8, and I read like every review and every page. (Not saying it was never mentioned, just that I don't remember).
SOS technically proficient songwriters. Please explain stressing and how to do it / watch out for it / improve it.