drifting off to sleep (original song by e.f. beckley)

[mindfulmusic78]

Cool tune!

[Nete1994]

Like this one too. Kinda funny, really. Can't help loving it, seriously. Not what I normally would see as a lullaby, but that only makes it a little more fun. And you still have something to 'teach' us, if you know what I mean.

[danbergam]

I guess I've completely misunderstood it... but, oh well, I interpret it like this...

Sounds to me like an epic poem, sung by a minstrel, in which, by the way, the man killing all those beasts is the hero, able to better tell bedtime stories to their children and sleep only after having wiped away all that evil...

But hey! Are we sure that the lion, the tiger and the bear were so bad? Isn't that man, killing those innocent beasts, the real bad boy of this story?

*Great* song.

Great!!!

:-)

[efbeckley]

@danbergam yes, this is definitely a protest against destruction of the Earth, and the Great and Noble beasts. At some point (my prediction) this will be an actual explanation of where all of the 'mythical' creatures went.

[danbergam]

@efbeckley

...and as history demonstrates, we're truly able to act like that: to tell ourselves lies, painting enemies where we had friends, only for to (try to) justify our worse faults and mistakes...

I fear too that we could end like that...

I really love this song!

[efbeckley]

@danbergam it's funny because this was the only 'rising video' i've had. the reason it did so well is that all of the 'animal rights' people objected to it and started a little campaign to vote it down, lol. at the same time, a lot of 'pro hunting' people took the time to comment justifying their actions. the comments on this song are really quite interesting. people see what they want to see, and most people wanted to fight with me over it!

[danbergam]

@efbeckley

Poor, poor world... I mean, where are we going to end, with so much people being not able to read between the lines? Because, at least to me, the true meaning is quite clear!!!

My friend, you should write a protest song about the people unrightfully fighting over you only because they don't understand your songs!!!

:-S

You know what? Only the best songs are able to light such great and big debates!

You're a winner!!!

[efbeckley]

@danbergam yeah, that's the same perspective i have. the venom form both sides was quite unique, i thought.

[danbergam]

@efbeckley

That was also a proof of how a true artist should never worry or care about audience reactions; I mean... it's impossible to make them all happy!!!!

^_^;;

[efbeckley]

@danbergam so true, but it's very hard to do!

[iamearthbornami]

this is a sad song~ it made me cry~peace love and gratitude

[efbeckley]

@iamearthbornami thanks for taking the time to check it out and comment. i'm sorry to have upset you- it's a mean, cruel, ugly world.

[ib2fast]

Deep! Very Deep!

*****2U

[samueletozzi]

Sounds really good!!

[Nekrosmaster]

A M A Z I N G ! ! !

[Elainecyb]

Very good! I adored.

[noetcremiscremades]

I don't you can put photos about people living live in peace or yours photos apearing playing the guitar. I hope that this will help you!

bye ! from a girl from BARCELONA

[efbeckley]

thanks!

[mrgenius4]

amazingg

[FrogsRFriendsNotFood]

i like this song. Also i really enjoy your voice! keep singing!

[ZahraCat]

Great voice!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[liljdog]

very unique good voice great guitar skills looking forward to more

[noetcremiscremades]

It's not bad and your voice is great, but I don't like the pictures of the video... why did you put animals?? the song is it about animals?? I don't think so.

Bye cool song!

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked my song. i know the video is a little weak, i'm still new at video making. what would you do for the visual part?

[wordwarriorabc]

Boozhoo and thank you for sharing your music...loved the guitar work.Looking forward to more.Have you ever done anything for wilderness documentaries .Your voice sounds very familiar?!! great work..have a wonderful week.

Peace-out

[teelay]

lol..

[agrlfmtx]

Hey man! Thanks for asking to be my friend!! Your songs are great!! t:) SUB

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my channel and subbing!

[no2hate]

awesome! peace2u! eric

[efbeckley]

hey, eric, thanks for checking out my song and commenting, i really appreciate it!

[mepammy]

A cool -hey not your everyday lullaby and good analogy. I really like your vocals -unique too :D

[Cyberbob182]

Very good song !!

Sorry for the time of my answer, but I couldn't before...

Anyway, you have talent, make more songs like this one, and I'll always listen it !!!

[Shriekspear]

Unique,. This is awsome!!!

[sexykitten313]

ur not the greatest singer, but hey niether am i, ur song is funny!

[SquaddieJack]

Very nice e.f.

Thanks for the heads up on this one.

[gianmerlo]

Beautiful song, text and especially the chords.

[LESLIEYICONN]

beautiful

[orionedwin]

Great sarcasm . . . Great song . . . Work a little more on your pitch and you'll have a perfect combo!

[markvergeer]

Love this song!

[Escagedo3rd]

Too Cool man!!!! I love it!!!

[redneckswed]

Very sarcastic lyrics that gave you some mixed emotions below!

Great work though my friend.

Chris

[Uketeufel]

Very nice song indeed!

[noone3679]

i like the sonnd of this but its kinda creepy how your singing about killing endagerd animals and making rugs and stuff out of them.

[kjmix1]

Not Bad I like it. Kevin aka Kjmix1

[Kiyoto]

thanx for the invite! <3

[wafu2dati2eh]

Nice song of lullabye.... ? But it seems the child cannot sleep by this voice hehehehe! Lol...

[TQPhool]

Nice little lullaby. No Beast under my bed now. Their all dead and I can sleep.

and yeah, nice voice for this song!

[HouseAddict8240]

You have a unique voice. Very country-ish. I like the chord progressions too. :)

[ibbirules]

guh

I don't like this

[tyl3Z]

pretty funny

[hawkkart96]

ohh after reading the lyrics again i see what it's saying : that your killing all the animals!!! even tho thats not such a good thing...but the guitar sounded really good and your voice! nice job :)

[tigerlover1997]

awesome

[imortall]

very nice, across beatween lou reed,.vic chesnutt.nice job,please keap them coming...

[Germantownmadien]

All I can do lol! dis is cool! :)

[Emzassy]

tee hee

[xxangelictonesxx]

I don't agree with killing animals but for the hell of a song it was funny

[hobobuckettre69]

^__^ lol Nice.

And yes, I do watch your videos sometimes. I just don't get much of a change to come around YouTube anymore and usually I just check out a few subscribed vids on my home page. Sorry. :D

I still think you're awesome, though.

[chriszsme]

wa nice....the old lion ....

[19shed72]

Dear people always tend to judge instead of having an opinion, however your pieces I like because as I said your style to Neil Young to me is not bad! Hello and good life!

[tps607]

There was a big mean bottle of wine

and I killed it

threw it under the bed

and had some wild dreams....

Nicely done! tom

[efbeckley]

lol, i just killed a 40 of 211-

thanks for checking out my song, tom

i'm glad you liked it!

[tps607]

my pleasure.....as always!

[efbeckley]

yeah, i love gittin drunk on malt licker!

[elczanka]

You listen to the morning. Very morning. This increases the mood. I like the lyricism. I like your reflection. Thank you.

Alicja

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song, i'm glad you liked it!

[efbeckley]

yeah, i think there is a message, but i think it can mean a lot of other things. a lot of people have posted what it meant to them, so you might want to look at the comments.

[timray99]

funny my cats got on the desk to watch and listen.....they have never done that before!! must be something to it.......

[efbeckley]

lol, that is funny, maybe you should sub me!

[ddhed]

Me like!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[MrBillTroop73]

Hilarious!

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song!

[SarahR142233]

subscribe me plz we are friends ill subscribe if u subscribe

[sophiethemeerkat]

awesome^^

[efbeckley]

thanks!

[edleew]

Very good tune . Thank you .

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[teendude16]

I like the picture too. Thanks.

[waldirjf2810]

Very good! A very intelligent humor. A beautiful sound!

[pirrung123]

Sounds good :o)

[Yamapi]

*thumbs up*

[efbeckley]

thanks, i'm glad you liked it!

[Cookoo49]

I love it its real good

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting!

[cheerydavie]

Very good ..very tongue- in -cheek humour thanks

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[ajdicks]

hell yes! kill one of each of the meanest animals on the planet and make a bitchin' coat out of 'em. i'd go surfin' in a shark body suit then go out to a steak dinner in my lion suit. you and jack black could make a movie based on that premise.

[sliferfan]

no wild cats were harmed in the making of this video! ROFLMAO, i know you meant nothing bad by it.

[efbeckley]

lol, some of the 'animal lovers' have been pretty hard on me.

[worras2007]

Thanks for the song - cool!!!

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[cogermax91]

VERY BEAUTIFUL SONG !!!!!!!!!

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting!

[ob1ob123]

very cool!

[efbeckley]

thanks!

[treejoe4]

awesome 5stars

[efbeckley]

thanks for the comment and rating!

[xxxruzzelxxx]

How about spiders? Do somethin mean to them!

[dizzi2004]

Subbed, nice mate

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song, and thanks for subbing!

[andrewjon]

really cool man

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[cooksterz]

I stopped liking the Zoo, after elementary. I like the beasts, but somehow i want them free, not dead :d Ironic lyrics, nice!

[yongCE08]

o_O awesome

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[torstenq]

Very nice, five stars. *****

[efbeckley]

thanks for the comment and rating!

[SKYWALKERRRRR]

Nice song ! *****

[efbeckley]

thanks for the comment and rating!

[willy350z]

Great, and wonderful creation!!!Will

[efbeckley]

thank you, i'm glad you liked it!

[bigbeninjax]

Great job, ef.  You elicited a variety of interpretations and responses and ratings from about a quarter of the listeners. To get a bunch of jaded Youtubers to do that means something...you're doing it right! ;-)

BB

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for the comment and support, bigben, you were one of my first subscribers!

[baldyholly79]

A good point mate, very thought provoking, good job.

[efbeckley]

thanks for checking out my song, and thanks for commenting!

[Tadek59]

Fantastic video and excellent song !

5*****

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for the comment and rating, i really appreciate it!

[blondbabzz96]

cool x

[efbeckley]

thank you!

[averilleX]

This is really original stuff. This artist is growing on me all the time. Thanks for the invite.

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked my new song, and thanks for subbing, too!

[zazzoa]

hey, it sound great

[efbeckley]

thank you, i really appreciate it, and thanks for subbing, too!

[cliane83]

nice one !!! nice song heheeh

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song and commenting!

[singasadsong]

The vocal sounded so epic xd

[efbeckley]

thank you!

[archtopbrownie]

Well done. Direct message. The simplicity of this is its strength. Good job.

[efbeckley]

hey, Lance, thanks for commenting, i agree that simplicity is strength.

[Yuna668]

I like it;)

[efbeckley]

thanks, i'm glad you liked it!

[quiltbee]

sounds pretty good my friend...thanks..5*****

[efbeckley]

thanks for the comment and rating!

[tanDlegen]

Cool song man!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[vannellijo]

Great :)

[efbeckley]

thank you!

[onkelbuke]

that was awesome man. your guitare sounds excellent too. reminds me a litle bit on nirvana unplugged in NY. great song man, resepeckt, and faved, thanks for sending, Chris

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for the comment, Chris, that's one of my favorite albums!

[SuicideFriendly]

Not bad. The chord progression was neat.

[efbeckley]

thanks for checking out my song!

[virtualrabbi]

Can I have the pelts for a fur coat?

[watchdog2007]

hahaha charming man. thanks for sharing >:D save the tigers!

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song!

[dangledog]

Great Song!

[efbeckley]

hey, dangledog, thanks for commenting

[ToothpickTony2]

Great Song Dude...I favored This One :-)

Awesome - 100 Stars

[efbeckley]

hey, tony, thanks for stopping by!

[punx2204]

hilarious

[ttsskater77]

sick song bro!

[maricon5]

lol...it's cool ;)

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[1467unschool]

haha

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting, and thanks for the fav and sub, too!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[acorn2taco]

:( I don't understand it but no, I'm not going to insult your song ethier. What I wILL say though is that yes it's original without a doubt.

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song!

[twisted705]

ey i like it! good song man, good job bro keep it up!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm gad you liked it!

[wrestaling]

nice its different not that same stuff good job

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song, and thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[Xindust]

good :)

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting, i'm glad you liked it!

[TheRealFlowerGirl]

Very cool thanks for sending it to me..

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting!

[stoopidinak]

I already commented, so sorry for double posting; I do like the song and get the message, but I also wanted to add, (in addition to the fact that saying that ALL animals shouldn't be killed is wrong - I live in a state where there are many people who hunt to eat, and do it to survive) But when an apex predator has to be put down by Fish and Game, 99% of the time, it's human's fault, b/c they've been feeding/interacting w/ them. But like I said, nice song, nice imagery! 5 stars

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting. i mostly wanted to ask people to start to think about how we will explain the state of the world to future generations. for me the 'beasts' are symbolic of the many environmental challenges we have, and they're also symbolic of other struggles we face. i appreciate that this meant enough to you to come back and post again, thanks.

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for commenting, i'm really glad you liked it!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[wolffenhaus]

Cats! Bears! Tigers!  People!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[efbeckley]

thanks for commenting!

[efbeckley]

thank you!

[Evangelander]

Great message, my friend. Thanks for sharing.

I really apopreciated the comment by UliWW "Wouldn't it be better to kill all the beasts inside the man?"

[efbeckley]

hey, thanks for checking out my song, i'm really glad you liked it!

[stillraining1983]

awesome :)