In The Valley Of The Dying Son

This song is absolutely epic

Agreed. This song is epic.

definitely!! "All through the night I wrestled the angel..." really makes me think that this song is about Jacob.

Totally epic. And definitely an amazing song.

omg. i didn't realize it until i downloaded the full song (instead of listening to the 30 second clip on itunes), but this song is so f'ing epic. wow...i'll be puttin this on repeat for the next week.

man...it's the greatest feeling when you come across a song like this. last one that did this for me was poker face by lady gaga (still on repeat, btw).

epic epic EPIC! download NOW!

Best song on quite possibly the best album I've ever heard. It's amazing they can tell this story in four in a half minutes...

"I'm thinking of you when I kill a good man To keep myself from being killed by him"

This makes me think of war, like he doesn't want to kill but he has to and how war ruins lives.

Yes, this song IS the sole BEST SONG like, ever. Question. Who the heck is this song written in the perspective of? Jacob? (idk if that question made any sense. REPLY!)

I think this song is comparing today with the biblical account of jacob fighting with the angel.

In the valley of the dying sun I walk a crooked path alone I came across the shadow of a man With an angel's breath

'O boy' he said to me 'I see your future' 'Though you long for peace The sword is your father

(i think the first 2 stanzas are about a "story" an outside person is thinking about)

I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when I kill a good man To keep myself from being killed by him I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when I hold my girl And wonder if she'll ever love again I'm thinking of you Wash the blood off my hands

(the other man thinking about all this solider and all the crap he has to go through)

Bathed in the powder of a thousand guns I am the king of sorrows Watered by the tears of the innocent ones The river grows It moves It swells

'Son' It calls to me 'Your days are numbered Sow the seeds you will But I am the reaper'

(a metaphor about how the solider is haunted about what he did and feels like it's his turn because he has killed other people and "has it coming")

'I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when you kill a good man To keep yourself from being killed by him I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when you hold your girl And wonder if she'll ever love again I'm thinking of you Wash the blood off your hands'

(^^)

(This next part of the song is talking about Jacob and the comparison between the two stories, Jacob faught with an angel for what he wanted and so is the man in this story)

I howled at the moon like a wolf in the night You want to finish it We're gonna finish it right

And then I felt it with a chill up my spine There are no words to use that truly describe The glory of the angel or the terror in me Tonight will be my ending or tonight my new beginning

All through the night I wrestled the angel To undo the curse That's burdened me all of my life

And for the first time I could see That God was not my enemy

"I'm thinking of you"

Like pieces of the sun Our light burns on and on and on Like stars in the night sky we shine I'm living to shine on

The video to this song is awesome too!!!

this song is partially about jacob (says aj in an interview on utube) and partially about some one who realizes god's on their side and that they need to turn their life around or there goin' strait to hell!