EICHAH- Gavriel Pelcovitz- Composed by Chayala Neuhaus, Concept by Chavi Ohayon- Miracles 3

VERSE 1:
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.

CHORUS 1:
He cries אֵיכָה – how can this be
This wasn’t the life I was chosen to lead,
אֵיכָה – a question, a plea
Can the fate I am facing be my destiny?
The words of a nation who wept bitter tears
For their beautiful city, now gone, disappeared,
They cried אֵיכָה
And their cry is alive.

VERSE 2:
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.

CHORUS 2:
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָּדָד
I am left here alone with no comfort in sorrow,
אֵיכָה – 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 אֵיכָה, my broken heart cries.

אֵיכָה, יָשְׁבָה בָּדָד
הָעִיר, רַבָּתִי עָם
,הָיְתָה, כְּאַלְמָנָה
I weep with you now, Yerushalayim
As the churban that burned us
Persists to remain.

עַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה
As the tears of mourning
pour forth from my heart,
עַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה
Over the ruins and rubble of hopes torn apart.
בַּת צִיוֹן, you’ve asked it for years without cease
בַּת צִיוֹן, my heart joins with yours to beseech,
Still, אֵיכָה
How can this be.

,אֵיכָה
How can this be.