About the title. Sarat translates from Romanian to English as Salty. First, Romanian? Vlad Dracula, aka the Impaler, who dined among his dying victims and allegedly dipped his bread in their blood, rumored to be the model for Count Dracula, was of course from Romania. Second, salt had been revered in Medieval times as a purification material. Thirdly, Porphyria, aka vampire disease, is an inherited blood disease with no known cure. Skin of Porphyria sufferers when exposed to prolong sunlight can develop lesions, and some symptoms of Porphyria can be temporarily relieved by ingesting blood. Important to the song, and according to WebMD "The symptoms of acute porphyria can form quickly and last for days or weeks. A salt imbalance sometimes accompanies an episode of this type of porphyria." Now none of this is intended to cast aspersions on the victims of porphyria which must be a dreadful disease and I wish them all the understanding we can muster. The references are made to simply place some understanding about the legends which may espouse juvenile and wrongheaded notions about the several scientific oddities combined in history.
The lyrics lead me to believe The Ladies Sarat are some form of succubus which may or may not be being tracked by a demon hunter in the last stanza.
About the title. Sarat translates from Romanian to English as Salty. First, Romanian? Vlad Dracula, aka the Impaler, who dined among his dying victims and allegedly dipped his bread in their blood, rumored to be the model for Count Dracula, was of course from Romania. Second, salt had been revered in Medieval times as a purification material. Thirdly, Porphyria, aka vampire disease, is an inherited blood disease with no known cure. Skin of Porphyria sufferers when exposed to prolong sunlight can develop lesions, and some symptoms of Porphyria can be temporarily relieved by ingesting blood. Important to the song, and according to WebMD "The symptoms of acute porphyria can form quickly and last for days or weeks. A salt imbalance sometimes accompanies an episode of this type of porphyria." Now none of this is intended to cast aspersions on the victims of porphyria which must be a dreadful disease and I wish them all the understanding we can muster. The references are made to simply place some understanding about the legends which may espouse juvenile and wrongheaded notions about the several scientific oddities combined in history.
The lyrics lead me to believe The Ladies Sarat are some form of succubus which may or may not be being tracked by a demon hunter in the last stanza.