Eicha

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