Bruce stated in an interview that each song has a frame in which it operates. The first song-this one-is framed by fear. The album has a loosely religious theme overall (its name and its title track are derived from the Rosicrucian manifesto 'The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz' by Johann Valentin Andreae, who was a German theologian who lived in the late 1500's/early 1600's).
This song uses the imagery of Beelzebub (or Satan), ravens (which in many cultures are bad omens/associated with death), nighttime/darkness and the concept of sin/coming doom to illustrate primeval fears. The lyrics are written as if by some nameless superstitious figure attempting to give warning to others.
Bruce stated in an interview that each song has a frame in which it operates. The first song-this one-is framed by fear. The album has a loosely religious theme overall (its name and its title track are derived from the Rosicrucian manifesto 'The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz' by Johann Valentin Andreae, who was a German theologian who lived in the late 1500's/early 1600's).
This song uses the imagery of Beelzebub (or Satan), ravens (which in many cultures are bad omens/associated with death), nighttime/darkness and the concept of sin/coming doom to illustrate primeval fears. The lyrics are written as if by some nameless superstitious figure attempting to give warning to others.