Eicha ft. Gavriel Pelcovitz Lyrics

There once was a prince with a fire in his eyes

And a palace he built of his dreams

With towering visions of chasing the skies

And the glory he'd bring to his King

But one day a black cloud of evil set in

A storm washed the palace away in the wind

And all that's left is the pain of one word

Written on his face

He cried איכה- how can this be

This wasn't the life I was chosen to lead

איכה- a question, a plea

Can the fate that I am facing be my destiny

The words of a nation who wept bitter tears

For their beautiful city, now gone, disappeared

They cried איכה

And their cry is alive

There once stood a palace

Bathed in a glow

That only the heavens could guild

A place for the people

Hashem cherished so

A mikdash they lovingly built

But angry red flames

They devoured it all

The city, the palace, the peace

As the heartbroken princes stood

Witnessing this tragedy

Oh- איכה ישבה בדד

I am left here alone with no comfort in sorrow

איכה - I just need to know

Will the dreams that I nourished have hope of tomorrow

Yisrael I now understand your pain

Yisrael the cry is resounding again

In the איכה my broken heart cries

איכה ישבה בדד, העיר רבתי עם

הייתה כאלמנה

I weep with you now yerushalayim

As the churban that burned us

Persists to remain

על אלה אני בוכיה

As the tears of mourning, pour forth from my heart

על אלה אני בוכיה

Over the ruins and rubble of my hopes torn apart

בת ציון, you've asked it for years without cease

בת ציון, my heart joins with yours to beseech

Still איכה

How can this be

איכה, How can this be

How can this be