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SONG OF SONGS

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Baskerville Media Song of Songs Album Art - A dark, moody close-up of a single deep red rose casting rich shadows on a textured black background, framed by organic green leaves and subtle atmospheric lens blur.

Artistic Commentary & Context: Fusing intimate neo-soul, 70s R&B, and smoky jazz-blues, this multi-movement suite addresses the vivid emotional weight and relational intensity of the Song of Songs. The musical themes utilize deep bass grooves, gospel influences, and expressive male/female duets to frame the ancient scriptural text with a warm, soulful narrative gravity. All 8 chapters fully annotated with Song of Solomon (NLT) references.

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Song of Songs - Full Lyrics and Scripture Annotations (Song of Solomon 1-8 NLT)

Song of Songs One

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth... (Song of Solomon 1:2 NLT)
Sweeter than the wine from the north or the south (Song of Solomon 1:2 NLT)
Your name is like oil poured out on the skin (Song of Solomon 1:3 NLT)
Let the fragrance of your spirit draw me in (Song of Solomon 1:3 NLT)
Take me away, let us run to the light (Song of Solomon 1:4 NLT)
Into the chambers of the king tonight (Song of Solomon 1:4 NLT)
I am dark but lovely, daughters of the sun (Song of Solomon 1:5 NLT)
Like the tents of Kedar when the day is done (Song of Solomon 1:5 NLT)
Don’t look at the scars where the burning rays fell (Song of Solomon 1:6 NLT)
I’ve a beauty in my soul that the heart can tell (Song of Solomon 1:6 NLT)
Oh, my love, you’re the one I’m dreaming of (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
Tell me, oh you, whom my soul loves so deep (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
Where do you lead all your wandering sheep? (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
Where do they rest in the heat of the noon? (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
Find me, my darling, and find me real soon (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
Why should I wait like a ghost in the street? (Song of Solomon 1:7 NLT)
When I can feel the earth move beneath my feet
"If you do not know, oh fairest of all (Song of Solomon 1:8 NLT)
Follow the tracks where the young lambs call (Song of Solomon 1:8 NLT)
To my eyes, you’re a jewel, you’re a queen on a throne (Song of Solomon 1:9 NLT)
With your cheeks decked in gold, and your heart as my own." (Song of Solomon 1:10 NLT)
While the king is at his table... (Song of Solomon 1:12 NLT)
My spikenard sends its perfume... (Song of Solomon 1:12 NLT)
A bundle of myrrh resting on my breast... (Song of Solomon 1:13 NLT)
(In your arms, I find my rest) (Song of Solomon 2:6 NLT)

Song of Songs Two

I’m a rose in the field where the wild winds blow (Song of Solomon 2:1 NLT)
A lily in the valley where the quiet waters flow (Song of Solomon 2:1 NLT)
Like a bloom among the thorns, standing all alone (Song of Solomon 2:2 NLT)
Is my darling to me, the truest love I’ve known (Song of Solomon 2:2 NLT)
Like an apple tree rising in the forest so deep (Song of Solomon 2:3 NLT)
Is my love among the others, a promise I will keep (Song of Solomon 2:3 NLT)
I sit beneath your shadow with a heart full of grace (Song of Solomon 2:3 NLT)
Finding sweet, sweet fruit in our hiding place (Song of Solomon 2:3 NLT)
His left hand is resting underneath my head (Song of Solomon 2:6 NLT)
By his right hand of mercy, I am gently led (Song of Solomon 2:6 NLT)
Oh, don’t wake the spirit, don’t stir up the fire (Song of Solomon 2:7 NLT)
Until the soul is ready for its heart's desire (Song of Solomon 2:7 NLT)
I’m leaping o’er the mountains, I’m climbing every hill (Song of Solomon 2:8 NLT)
To get to where you’re waiting, standing very still (Song of Solomon 2:9 NLT)
The winter is over and the rain has passed away (Song of Solomon 2:11 NLT)
The flowers are blooming in the light of the day (Song of Solomon 2:12 NLT)
I hear my beloved, he’s calling out my name (Song of Solomon 2:10 NLT)
He’s looking through the lattice, like a flickering flame (Song of Solomon 2:9 NLT)
He says, "Rise up my darling, my beautiful one (Song of Solomon 2:10 NLT)
Come out from the shadows and walk in the sun" (Song of Solomon 2:10 NLT)
The vines are in blossom, they’re filling up the air (Song of Solomon 2:13 NLT)
The turtles are singing, there is peace everywhere (Song of Solomon 2:12 NLT)
Hide in the secret of the cleft in the rock (Song of Solomon 2:14 NLT)
Let me hear your voice while the world tries to mock (Song of Solomon 2:14 NLT)
My beloved is mine... (Song of Solomon 2:16 NLT)
And I am hers... (Song of Solomon 2:16 NLT)
Until the day breaks... (Song of Solomon 2:17 NLT)
And the shadows flee... (Song of Solomon 2:17 NLT)
We are one, we are free. (Song of Solomon 2:17 NLT)

Song of Songs Three

Upon my bed at night, I sought the one I love (Song of Solomon 3:1 NLT)
Underneath the silent stars watching from above (Song of Solomon 3:1 NLT)
I looked for him in shadows, but he was never there (Song of Solomon 3:1 NLT)
I whispered to the darkness, I breathed it in the air (Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT)
I said, "I will arise now and go into the street" (Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT)
And find the heart that makes my own skip a heavy beat (Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT)
Oh, have you seen my darling? Have you seen my king? (Song of Solomon 3:3 NLT)
My soul is heavy laden for the joy that he can bring (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)
I’m wandering the city while the world is fast asleep (Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT)
Looking for a promise that I know is mine to keep (Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT)
The watchmen found me weary, patrolling on their round (Song of Solomon 3:3 NLT)
Walking through the silence where no lovers can be found (Song of Solomon 3:3 NLT)
"Have you seen my soul's desire?" I asked them as they passed (Song of Solomon 3:3 NLT)
But I found him just a moment later, found my home at last (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)
I held him in the moonlight and I would not let him go (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)
Until I brought him to the place where secret grasses grow (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)
Look there in the distance, past the desert sand (Song of Solomon 3:6 NLT)
Who is this like pillars of smoke across the land? (Song of Solomon 3:6 NLT)
Perfumed with the incense, with frankincense and myrrh (Song of Solomon 3:6 NLT)
The coming of the King for the one who waited for her (Song of Solomon 3:7 NLT)
Sixty valiant men with their swords held at their side (Song of Solomon 3:7 NLT)
Watching through the night for the coming of the bride (Song of Solomon 3:8 NLT)
Go forth, O daughters, see the crown upon his head (Song of Solomon 3:11 NLT)
On the day he's glad of heart, just like the words he said (Song of Solomon 3:11 NLT)
(I won't let go...) (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)
(No, I won't let go...) (Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT)

Song of Songs Four

Behold, you are fair, my love, behold you are fair (Song of Solomon 4:1 NLT)
With the eyes of a dove behind the veil that you wear (Song of Solomon 4:1 NLT)
Your hair falls down like a flock from the height (Song of Solomon 4:1 NLT)
Of the mountains of Gilead in the morning light (Song of Solomon 4:1 NLT)
Your teeth are like sheep, all washed and so white (Song of Solomon 4:2 NLT)
Not one is missing, you’re a beautiful sight (Song of Solomon 4:2 NLT)
You are all beautiful, my love, there is no spot in you (Song of Solomon 4:7 NLT)
Your lips are like scarlet, and your heart is so true (Song of Solomon 4:3 NLT)
Like a slice of pomegranate is the temple of your head (Song of Solomon 4:3 NLT)
I’m captured by the grace of every word that you’ve said (Song of Solomon 4:11 NLT)
Your neck is like the tower where the mighty shields hang (Song of Solomon 4:4 NLT)
Where the songs of the heroes and the warriors sang (Song of Solomon 4:4 NLT)
Your breasts are like fawns, like twins of a roe (Song of Solomon 4:5 NLT)
Feeding in the lilies where the soft waters flow (Song of Solomon 4:5 NLT)
Until the day breaks and the shadows take flight (Song of Solomon 4:6 NLT)
I’ll stay on the mountain of incense tonight (Song of Solomon 4:6 NLT)
Come with me from Lebanon, my beautiful bride (Song of Solomon 4:8 NLT)
Look from the peaks where the lions reside (Song of Solomon 4:8 NLT)
You’ve ravished my heart with just one of your eyes (Song of Solomon 4:9 NLT)
With one chain of your neck, where my soul's treasure lies (Song of Solomon 4:9 NLT)
How much better is your love than the finest of wine (Song of Solomon 4:10 NLT)
The scent of your perfume is better than pine (Song of Solomon 4:10 NLT)
Your lips drop like honey, it’s under your tongue (Song of Solomon 4:11 NLT)
The smell of your garments is a song yet unsung (Song of Solomon 4:11 NLT)
You’re a garden enclosed, a spring shut so tight (Song of Solomon 4:12 NLT)
A fountain sealed up in the middle of the night (Song of Solomon 4:12 NLT)
Awake, O north wind... (Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT)
And come, thou south... (Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT)
Blow upon my garden... (Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT)
Let my beloved come and eat his pleasant fruits. (Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT)

Song of Songs Five

I was sleeping in the night, but my heart was awake (Song of Solomon 5:2 NLT)
I heard a knock at the door for my own spirit's sake (Song of Solomon 5:2 NLT)
It was the voice of my beloved, saying "Open to me" (Song of Solomon 5:2 NLT)
"My sister, my love, my dove, let me be" (Song of Solomon 5:2 NLT)
But I had put off my coat, and I’d washed my feet (Song of Solomon 5:3 NLT)
I hesitated there, while the moment was sweet (Song of Solomon 5:3 NLT)
He put his hand to the latch, and my heart began to move (Song of Solomon 5:4 NLT)
I rose up to open, for the one I had to prove (Song of Solomon 5:5 NLT)
My hands dropped with myrrh, on the handle of the lock (Song of Solomon 5:5 NLT)
But when I opened up the door, I felt the sudden shock (Song of Solomon 5:6 NLT)
My beloved had turned, he was gone from the sight (Song of Solomon 5:6 NLT)
My soul failed within me in the middle of the night (Song of Solomon 5:6 NLT)
Oh, I’m lovesick, daughters, can’t you see? (Song of Solomon 5:8 NLT)
If you find my beloved, won’t you tell him for me? (Song of Solomon 5:8 NLT)
I sought him in the city, but he couldn’t be found (Song of Solomon 5:7 NLT)
The watchmen they wounded me and held me to the ground (Song of Solomon 5:7 NLT)
I’m looking for the one who is the shadow and the light (Song of Solomon 5:6 NLT)
You ask why I love him, why he’s more than the rest? (Song of Solomon 5:9 NLT)
He’s radiant and ruddy, he’s the bravest and the best (Song of Solomon 5:10 NLT)
His head is like gold, and his hair dark as crows (Song of Solomon 5:11 NLT)
His eyes are like doves where the water-stream flows (Song of Solomon 5:12 NLT)
His cheeks are like balsam, his lips sweet as wine (Song of Solomon 5:13 NLT)
He is altogether lovely, and I’m glad that he is mine! (Song of Solomon 5:16 NLT)
Daughters of Jerusalem... (Song of Solomon 5:16 NLT)
Tell him I am waiting... (Song of Solomon 5:8 NLT)

Song of Songs Six

Where has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? (Song of Solomon 6:1 NLT)
Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? (Song of Solomon 6:1 NLT)
My beloved has gone down to his garden of spice (Song of Solomon 6:2 NLT)
To browse in the gardens, where the air is so nice (Song of Solomon 6:2 NLT)
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine (Song of Solomon 6:3 NLT)
He feeds among the lilies where the sun starts to shine (Song of Solomon 6:3 NLT)
Oh, we found each other in the morning light (Song of Solomon 6:3 NLT)
Past the weary watchmen and the shadows of the night (Song of Solomon 6:3 NLT)
Everything is beautiful beneath the rising sun (Song of Solomon 6:3 NLT)
You are beautiful, my love, as the city of Tirzah (Song of Solomon 6:4 NLT)
Lovely as Jerusalem, more than any could deserve-a (Song of Solomon 6:4 NLT)
Turn your eyes away, for they’ve overcome my soul (Song of Solomon 6:5 NLT)
Your beauty is a fire that I cannot control (Song of Solomon 6:5 NLT)
You are the only one, the choice one of your mother (Song of Solomon 6:9 NLT)
The daughters saw your face and they said there is no other (Song of Solomon 6:9 NLT)
Who is she that looks forth as the morning? (Song of Solomon 6:10 NLT)
Clear as the sun and with beauty adorning? (Song of Solomon 6:10 NLT)
Awesome as an army with banners in the sky (Song of Solomon 6:10 NLT)
I saw her in the garden as I was passing by (Song of Solomon 6:11 NLT)
Return, return, O Shulammite... (Song of Solomon 6:13 NLT)
I am coming home tonight... (Song of Solomon 6:13 NLT)

Song of Songs Seven

How beautiful your feet are in those sandals, princess bride (Song of Solomon 7:1 NLT)
The curves of your thighs are like jewels you used to hide (Song of Solomon 7:1 NLT)
The work of a master, polished and so fine (Song of Solomon 7:1 NLT)
Your grace is like a melody, your spirit is like wine (Song of Solomon 7:2 NLT)
Your waist is like a heap of wheat, where the lilies grow (Song of Solomon 7:2 NLT)
Your beauty is a river with a deep and steady flow (Song of Solomon 7:2 NLT)
Your neck is like an ivory tower, standing tall and fair (Song of Solomon 7:4 NLT)
The pools of Heshbon shining in the shadow of your hair (Song of Solomon 7:4 NLT)
Your head is like Mount Carmel, with a purple royal sheen (Song of Solomon 7:5 NLT)
The King is held a captive in your tresses, my queen (Song of Solomon 7:5 NLT)
How fair and how pleasant you are for my delight (Song of Solomon 7:6 NLT)
A love that grows more beautiful in the middle of the night (Song of Solomon 7:6 NLT)
I said I will climb up the palm tree today (Song of Solomon 7:8 NLT)
And take hold of the branches in a soulful way (Song of Solomon 7:8 NLT)
(I am my beloved’s) (Song of Solomon 7:10 NLT)
(And her desire is for me) (Song of Solomon 7:10 NLT)
Flowing down so sweetly, like the salt within the sea (Song of Solomon 7:9 NLT)
Come, my beloved, let us go into the field (Song of Solomon 7:11 NLT)
Let us spend the night where the secret henna's yielded (Song of Solomon 7:11 NLT)
Let us get up early to the vineyards in the dew (Song of Solomon 7:12 NLT)
To see if the vine buds and the blossoms are new (Song of Solomon 7:12 NLT)
There I’ll give my love to you, beneath the morning sun (Song of Solomon 7:12 NLT)
Where the ancient promises have only just begun (Song of Solomon 7:12 NLT)
The mandrakes give a fragrance at our very door (Song of Solomon 7:13 NLT)
New and old treasures, I have kept them in store (Song of Solomon 7:13 NLT)
Everything I am is yours. (Song of Solomon 7:13 NLT)
So beautiful...
I am yours...
So unusual...
Only love.

Song of Songs Eight

Oh, that you were like a brother, nursed at my mother’s breast (Song of Solomon 8:1 NLT)
If I found you in the street, I’d give my heart a rest (Song of Solomon 8:1 NLT)
I’d kiss you in the open, and no one would despise (Song of Solomon 8:1 NLT)
I’d lead you to the house where the ancient wisdom lies (Song of Solomon 8:2 NLT)
I’d give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate (Song of Solomon 8:2 NLT)
A love so deep and heavy, no soul could ever span it (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)
Set me as a seal upon your heart tonight (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)
Set me as a seal upon your arm so tight (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)
For love is strong as death, and jealousy is cruel (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)
The flashes of its fire are the soul's only fuel (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)
If a man gave all the wealth of his house for this flame (Song of Solomon 8:7 NLT)
He’d be utterly despised, he’d be nothing but a name (Song of Solomon 8:7 NLT)
We have a little sister, what shall we do for her? (Song of Solomon 8:8 NLT)
If she be a wall, we’ll build towers of silver and myrrh (Song of Solomon 8:9 NLT)
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers (Song of Solomon 8:10 NLT)
I found favor in his eyes through the long and lonely hours (Song of Solomon 8:10 NLT)
My beloved has a vineyard, a place called Baal-hamon (Song of Solomon 8:11 NLT)
But my own vineyard is mine, until the day is gone (Song of Solomon 8:12 NLT)
You who dwell in the gardens, your companions lend an ear (Song of Solomon 8:13 NLT)
Let me hear your voice, let me feel you near (Song of Solomon 8:13 NLT)
Make haste, my beloved, be like a gazelle on the rise (Song of Solomon 8:14 NLT)
On the mountains of spices, under the midnight skies (Song of Solomon 8:14 NLT)
Make haste, my love... (Song of Solomon 8:14 NLT)
Come away with me... (Song of Solomon 8:14 NLT)
(Love is as strong... as death...) (Song of Solomon 8:6 NLT)