The War Came Home · Track 06

The Darkest Valley

Rather than promising an escape around suffering, the lyric holds to the Shepherd who enters it, stays present, and leads one step at a time.

Why this song exists Placed as chapter 6 of 9, between “September in July” and “Sleep Don't Come Easy,” it advances The War Came Home through its wound / the soldier returns arc rather than standing as an isolated song.