In a recent track-by-track with Rocksound.TV, Volbeat explained this song and the story it tells. “I had so much fun writing these lyrics. It’s about the outcasts and fallen angels of God – all the angels that were cast out of Heaven. And I’m being told to collect them in this big wagon and bring them to a barn. There’s a ritual going on where the fallen angels are being sacrificed to Satan’s spawn to create soldiers for a new dark kingdom. So, instead of inviting my lady out to go to the cinema, I say, ‘I have something better. You have to see what’s going on in this barn… we’ve been invited to see the birth of Satan’s spawn and watch the world go down. How about that?’ I think some people will read the lyrics and go, ‘what’s wrong with this dude?’ But, it’s all for fun. It’s like a silly horror movie. Or is it?”
In essence, this song is a playful but dark, horror-themed narrative about gathering fallen angels for a ritual to birth Satan’s spawn, blending apocalyptic imagery with tongue-in-cheek humor. It’s meant to entertain like a twisted horror movie, blurring the line between satire and seriousness.
In a recent track-by-track with Rocksound.TV, Volbeat explained this song and the story it tells. “I had so much fun writing these lyrics. It’s about the outcasts and fallen angels of God – all the angels that were cast out of Heaven. And I’m being told to collect them in this big wagon and bring them to a barn. There’s a ritual going on where the fallen angels are being sacrificed to Satan’s spawn to create soldiers for a new dark kingdom. So, instead of inviting my lady out to go to the cinema, I say, ‘I have something better. You have to see what’s going on in this barn… we’ve been invited to see the birth of Satan’s spawn and watch the world go down. How about that?’ I think some people will read the lyrics and go, ‘what’s wrong with this dude?’ But, it’s all for fun. It’s like a silly horror movie. Or is it?”
In essence, this song is a playful but dark, horror-themed narrative about gathering fallen angels for a ritual to birth Satan’s spawn, blending apocalyptic imagery with tongue-in-cheek humor. It’s meant to entertain like a twisted horror movie, blurring the line between satire and seriousness.
[Edit: Clarification]