If you look at all of Black Sails it seems to relate to a basic time period, Malleus Maleficarum, Exsanguination, Porypheria. They all have a "feel" of the time of witch trials, people with skin deseases thought to be vampires. So it seems he relates this period with his actual feelings. His lyricism relates his problem to something like a sect of people who are outcasted for simple reasons such as a skin problem. Just my 2 cents
If you look at all of Black Sails it seems to relate to a basic time period, Malleus Maleficarum, Exsanguination, Porypheria. They all have a "feel" of the time of witch trials, people with skin deseases thought to be vampires. So it seems he relates this period with his actual feelings. His lyricism relates his problem to something like a sect of people who are outcasted for simple reasons such as a skin problem. Just my 2 cents