Beryl Beloved - Askari Lullabies

Beryl Beloved playing "Askari Lullabies" live at the D Note in Arvada, CO. Track available on the Dressed for Burial EP. ""Askari Lullabies," at the climax of the record, is our one overtly socio-political track. It focuses on those children who were forced into war by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, starting near the close of the 80's. The situation was horrible, where innocents were thrust into the conflict of some shameless and spineless rebel army. They were abducted in the night and forced to either kill or be killed themselves. Everything they had known before was stripped away in an instant." - Beryl Bacavis, Vocalist/Guitarist, Carpe Nocturne Magazine Vol. 5 - Issue 4 Facebook Page: www.facebook.com The band's original material has been spun at clubs locally as well as internationally, most notably appearing on playlists at The Church and Beauty Bar in Denver, and Dead & Buried, Black Veil, Darklands in the UK Their debut EP, "Dressed for Burial," is available through iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD Baby, and a number of other digital distribution sites LYRICS: They lay in rest with no one sleeping Light through the windows kisses steel Their poisoned dreams and cross decisions Reworked with nothing left to heal I feel them through the air Like winter touching grass I can see them etching shadows On the sidewalks as they pass You never know who can violate you, Crush your heart, to educate you 'Cause now the children here who take us They're the living among the dead ...