I remember an Occult Rosicrucian Book that I read once. It spoke about the value of the fire, and how primitive cavemen men were afraid of the night until the fire came. The Book said after the fire came the nights were not the same, and men could think because they were not slaves of fear anymore, giving a big start to civilizations.
There are also references about the fire and a god from the Greek mythology who stole the fire from the gods in order to give it to humans, this song is using this Occult notion, and a metaphor: Satan's "daughter = energy" in order to represent that despite all the technological progress our civilization has had over the centuries, we are not afraid anymore from the same things (for example; wild animals), but we are afraid instead of a Thermonuclear War World III, or a Chernobyl-like Disaster, or stuff that can only come out of the Technological development.
This song comes right after "Atom and Evil", and I think that supports this view. In the past RJD has written songs like "Children of the Sea" where he strongly criticized the Industrial Revolution: "We made the demon dance, we threw away the key and locked the door". "Computer God", is another example of how skeptic can RJD be about Technology.
Excellent theory Stephan76. But who is Van Der Hel? The lyrics above are wrong, they say "If there's a hell" but the lyrics inside the official album sleeve say "If Van Der Hel and Satan had a daughter".
Excellent theory Stephan76. But who is Van Der Hel? The lyrics above are wrong, they say "If there's a hell" but the lyrics inside the official album sleeve say "If Van Der Hel and Satan had a daughter".
I remember an Occult Rosicrucian Book that I read once. It spoke about the value of the fire, and how primitive cavemen men were afraid of the night until the fire came. The Book said after the fire came the nights were not the same, and men could think because they were not slaves of fear anymore, giving a big start to civilizations. There are also references about the fire and a god from the Greek mythology who stole the fire from the gods in order to give it to humans, this song is using this Occult notion, and a metaphor: Satan's "daughter = energy" in order to represent that despite all the technological progress our civilization has had over the centuries, we are not afraid anymore from the same things (for example; wild animals), but we are afraid instead of a Thermonuclear War World III, or a Chernobyl-like Disaster, or stuff that can only come out of the Technological development. This song comes right after "Atom and Evil", and I think that supports this view. In the past RJD has written songs like "Children of the Sea" where he strongly criticized the Industrial Revolution: "We made the demon dance, we threw away the key and locked the door". "Computer God", is another example of how skeptic can RJD be about Technology.
Excellent theory Stephan76. But who is Van Der Hel? The lyrics above are wrong, they say "If there's a hell" but the lyrics inside the official album sleeve say "If Van Der Hel and Satan had a daughter".
Excellent theory Stephan76. But who is Van Der Hel? The lyrics above are wrong, they say "If there's a hell" but the lyrics inside the official album sleeve say "If Van Der Hel and Satan had a daughter".