Valley of the Low Sun

Album: Seeing Things (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • In this song Dylan speaks to a nation tired of being at war. Many commentators have noted the war theme on Seeing Things and drawn comparison to his father's early songs such as "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." Jakob told The Sun July 25,2008: "I think the concept of war is timeless. There's physical war and there's emotional war and the imagery is boundless. I come to it not from a political perspective but as a human concern."
  • Rick Rubin produced this song along with the rest of the album.

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