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LAMENTATIONS

EP • 2026

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Baskerville Media Lamentations Album Art - A stark, high-contrast black and white sketch depicting a solitary, bowed human silhouette standing in a pool of light amidst a massive pile of rubble and the stark, towering ruins of a destroyed concrete archway.

Artistic Commentary & Context: This structural adaptation captures the stark, unyielding grief and prophetic mourning of the Book of Lamentations. The compositions layer dark ambient soundscapes with heavy, down-tempo progressive movements to communicate the historical and theological gravity of a collapsing landscape, demanding active listener confrontation rather than casual consumption.

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Lamentations - Full Lyrics and Scripture Annotations

Lamentations One

How lonely sits the city... she was full of people once. (Lamentations 1:1 NLT)
A princess in the provinces... now she’s doing what she’s told. (Lamentations 1:1 NLT)
She weeps... she weeps... in the middle of the night. (Lamentations 1:2 NLT)
The tears are on her cheeks... under the flickering light. (Lamentations 1:2 NLT)
Among all her lovers... there’s no one left to hold. (Lamentations 1:2 NLT)
All her friends have turned to ghosts... and left her in the cold. (Lamentations 1:2 NLT)
Is it nothing to you? (Lamentations 1:12 NLT)
All you who pass by! (Lamentations 1:12 NLT)
Look and see my sorrow! (Lamentations 1:12 NLT)
Underneath this sky! (Lamentations 1:12 NLT)
She’s a slave! (Lamentations 1:1 NLT)
She’s a slave! (Lamentations 1:1 NLT)
Judah’s gone to exile... under the weight of the hand. (Lamentations 1:3 NLT)
She dwells among the nations... she can’t find a place to stand. (Lamentations 1:3 NLT)
The roads to Zion mourn... because no one comes to pray. (Lamentations 1:4 NLT)
All her gates are desolate... her beauty’s washed away. (Lamentations 1:4 NLT)
Her children went before the foe... into the dark. (Lamentations 1:5 NLT)
Leaving nothing but the ashes... and a broken mark. (Lamentations 1:6 NLT)
The Lord is righteous... (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
I rebelled against His word... (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
The Lord is righteous... (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
The only thing I heard... (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
Hear me! (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
Hear me! (Lamentations 1:18 NLT)
No one to comfort... (Lamentations 1:21 NLT)
No one to stay... (Lamentations 1:21 NLT)
My heart is turned over... (Lamentations 1:20 NLT)
My heart is turned over... (Lamentations 1:20 NLT)

Lamentations Two

The Lord has covered Zion with a cloud... (Lamentations 2:1 NLT)
He cast the beauty down... and wrapped it in a shroud. (Lamentations 2:1 NLT)
He didn't remember His footstool... in the day of His wrath. (Lamentations 2:1 NLT)
He’s burned every building... and blocked every path. (Lamentations 2:2 NLT)
He’s bent His bow... like an enemy would. (Lamentations 2:4 NLT)
He’s destroyed every place... where the beautiful stood. (Lamentations 2:4 NLT)
He has swallowed up! (Lamentations 2:2 NLT)
He has swallowed up! (Lamentations 2:5 NLT)
No pity left! (Lamentations 2:2 NLT)
No pity left! (Lamentations 2:21 NLT)
The rampart is crying! (Lamentations 2:8 NLT)
The wall is lamenting! (Lamentations 2:8 NLT)
The elders of the daughter... sit silent in the dust. (Lamentations 2:10 NLT)
They’ve thrown ash on their heads... because there’s no one to trust. (Lamentations 2:10 NLT)
My eyes are spent with weeping... my soul is poured out. (Lamentations 2:11 NLT)
When I see the children... and I hear them shout. (Lamentations 2:11 NLT)
Fainting in the streets... crying for bread. (Lamentations 2:12 NLT)
'Where is the wine?'... is all that they said. (Lamentations 2:12 NLT)
Pour out your heart... (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
Like water... before the face... (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
Pour out your heart... (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
In this empty place... (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
For the life of the children! (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
For the life of the children! (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
Young and old... on the ground... (Lamentations 2:21 NLT)
In the streets... not a sound. (Lamentations 2:21 NLT)
You have slain them... (Lamentations 2:21 NLT)
In the day of your anger... (Lamentations 2:21 NLT)

Lamentations Three

I AM THE MAN! (Lamentations 3:1 NLT)
I’VE SEEN THE ROD OF WRATH! (Lamentations 3:1 NLT)
He’s driven me to darkness! (Lamentations 3:2 NLT)
He’s blocked every path! (Lamentations 3:9 NLT)
He’s turned His hand! (Lamentations 3:3 NLT)
Against me all day long! (Lamentations 3:3 NLT)
He’s ground my bones to dust! (Lamentations 3:4 NLT)
He’s killed the fucking song! (Lamentations 3:14 NLT)
HE’S WALLED ME IN! (Lamentations 3:7 NLT)
(I can’t get out!) (Lamentations 3:7 NLT)
HE’S WALLED ME IN! (Lamentations 3:7 NLT)
(Shutting out the shout!) (Lamentations 3:8 NLT)
I CALL IT TO MIND! (Lamentations 3:21 NLT)
THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE! (Lamentations 3:21 NLT)
HIS MERCIES NEVER END! (Lamentations 3:22 NLT)
THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING! (Lamentations 3:23 NLT)
GREAT IS THE FAITH! (Lamentations 3:23 NLT)
GREAT IS THE FAITH! (Lamentations 3:23 NLT)
He’s filled my gut with bitterness... (Lamentations 3:15 NLT)
He’s filled my mouth with gall... (Lamentations 3:15 NLT)
He’s broken my teeth with gravel... (Lamentations 3:16 NLT)
He watched me fall. (Lamentations 3:16 NLT)
I’ve forgotten what peace is! (Lamentations 3:17 NLT)
My soul is stripped thin! (Lamentations 3:17 NLT)
But the Lord is my portion! (Lamentations 3:24 NLT)
I’m waiting for the win! (Lamentations 3:24 NLT)
THE LORD IS MY PORTION! (Lamentations 3:24 NLT)
Put your mouth in the dust! (Lamentations 3:29 NLT)
Give your cheek to the striker! (Lamentations 3:30 NLT)
He won’t cast us off! (Lamentations 3:31 NLT)
He won’t cast us off! (Lamentations 3:31 NLT)
POUR OUT THE HEART LIKE WATER! (Lamentations 2:19 NLT)
The Lord is good... (Lamentations 3:25 NLT)
To those who wait... (Lamentations 3:25 NLT)
Wait... (Lamentations 3:26 NLT)
Wait... (Lamentations 3:26 NLT)

Lamentations Four

HOW THE GOLD HAS GROWN DIM! (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
The pure gold is changed within! (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
The holy stones are poured out wide! (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
At the head of every street... where the people died! (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
The precious sons... once worth their weight in gold... (Lamentations 4:2 NLT)
Now they’re just clay jars... bought and sold! (Lamentations 4:2 NLT)
YEAH! BOUGHT AND SOLD! (Lamentations 4:2 NLT)
LOOK AT THE DAUGHTER! (Lamentations 4:3 NLT)
LOOK AT THE CITY! (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
The gold has turned to lead... (Lamentations 4:1 NLT)
The living envy the dead! (Lamentations 4:9 NLT)
SHE’S FALLEN! (Lamentations 4:11 NLT)
SHE’S FALLEN! (Lamentations 4:11 NLT)
The tongue of the nursing child... sticks to its mouth for thirst. (Lamentations 4:4 NLT)
The children beg for bread... but they’ve been truly cursed! (Lamentations 4:4 NLT)
Those who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. (Lamentations 4:5 NLT)
Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food. (Lamentations 4:5 NLT)
THEIR FACES ARE BLACKER THAN SOOT! (Lamentations 4:8 NLT)
Their skin has shriveled on their bones... (Lamentations 4:8 NLT)
Like dry firewood... (Lamentations 4:8 NLT)
Like dry firewood... (Lamentations 4:8 NLT)
It was better for those... who died by the sword! (Lamentations 4:9 NLT)
Than those who starve... away from the Lord! (Lamentations 4:9 NLT)
The hands of the compassionate... have boiled their own! (Lamentations 4:10 NLT)
In the shadow of the temple! (Lamentations 4:10 NLT)
IN THE VALLEY OF THE BONE! (Lamentations 4:10 NLT)
The punishment is complete... (Lamentations 4:22 NLT)
No more exile for your feet... (Lamentations 4:22 NLT)
But for you... (Lamentations 4:22 NLT)
He will uncover your sin. (Lamentations 4:22 NLT)

Lamentations Five

Remember, O Lord... what has come to us. (Lamentations 5:1 NLT)
Look and see... our deep disgrace. (Lamentations 5:1 NLT)
Our inheritance... has been turned to strangers. (Lamentations 5:2 NLT)
Our homes... to an alien face. (Lamentations 5:2 NLT)
We have become orphans... without a father. (Lamentations 5:3 NLT)
Our mothers are widows... in the cold and the dust. (Lamentations 5:3 NLT)
RESTORE Us! (Lamentations 5:21 NLT)
RESTORE Us TO YOURSELF! (Lamentations 5:21 NLT)
That we may return... (Lamentations 5:21 NLT)
Renew our days... (Lamentations 5:21 NLT)
As in the olden times... (Lamentations 5:21 NLT)
Unless you’ve utterly... rejected us. (Lamentations 5:22 NLT)
We must pay for the water... that we drink. (Lamentations 5:4 NLT)
The wood we use... comes at a price. (Lamentations 5:4 NLT)
Our pursuers are at our necks... we are weary. (Lamentations 5:5 NLT)
There is no rest... in this sacrifice. (Lamentations 5:5 NLT)
The crown has fallen... from our head. (Lamentations 5:16 NLT)
Woe to us... for we have sinned. (Lamentations 5:16 NLT)
For this our heart has become faint... (Lamentations 5:17 NLT)
For these things our eyes have grown dim... (Lamentations 5:17 NLT)
Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate... (Lamentations 5:18 NLT)
The jackals walk upon her... (Lamentations 5:18 NLT)
The jackals walk upon her... (Lamentations 5:18 NLT)
You, O Lord... reign forever. (Lamentations 5:19 NLT)
Your throne... from generation to generation. (Lamentations 5:19 NLT)
Why do you forget us... (Lamentations 5:20 NLT)
For so long? (Lamentations 5:20 NLT)