Yeah, Tim Hardin was the inspiration and the catalyst for most of the album, but the Black Sheep Boy concept also seems to mean simply the dark side of one's self, the selfish and proud and powerful side that it's considered "weak" to indulge in. This, of course, also relates to the heroin but it doesn't seem to be entirely boxed in by the drug.
Yeah, Tim Hardin was the inspiration and the catalyst for most of the album, but the Black Sheep Boy concept also seems to mean simply the dark side of one's self, the selfish and proud and powerful side that it's considered "weak" to indulge in. This, of course, also relates to the heroin but it doesn't seem to be entirely boxed in by the drug.