“Through the Valley” is a dark folk song that narrates the story of someone in troubled times who, by the grace of his own killer instinct, does not fear others. The song is about rejecting religion along with the idea that humanity is naturally good.
The song gained traction after it was covered b...
[Verse 1]
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I'll fear no evil because I'm blind to it all
And my mind and my gun, they comfort me
Because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come
[Verse 2]
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell on this earth forevermore
Still, I walk beside the still waters, and they restore my soul
But I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong
[Verse 3]
Well, I came upon a man at the top of a hill
Called himself the savior of the human race
Said he come to save the world from destruction and pain
But I said, "How can you save the world from itself?"
[Outro]
'Cause I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I'll fear no evil because I'm blind
Oh, and I walk beside the still waters, and they restore my soul
But I know when I die, my soul is damned
Through the Valley was written by Shawn James.
Through the Valley was produced by Shawn James.
Shawn James released Through the Valley on Sun Aug 19 2012.
On his Facebook page, Shawn James posted the following status update after his song was used in The Last of Us Pt. II trailer…
It feels very surreal to have the amount of attention I’ve been receiving the past couple days for my song “Through the Valley”. When I first heard it sung in The Last of U...
I do not have a problem with religion. The problem that I had growing up in this upbringing was the church that I used to attend and go to for 17 years of my life never really truly accepted me as one of their ones. I was always kinda treated like an outcast and that kinda sucked growing up. One day...