Another fantastic song. The following info is from the City to City tour programme which featured an interview with Gerry.
Apparently he had the melody for ‘The Ark’ back in 1971 but he kept getting stuck trying to complete it.
Lyrically he was trying to summarise a book he read on the significance of the Ark (both literally and symbolically). In his words, "it suggested... that the Ark was a knowledge or a faith, a teaching, and it comes to the fore when a civilisation is going down... to help mankind".
Another fantastic song. The following info is from the City to City tour programme which featured an interview with Gerry.
Apparently he had the melody for ‘The Ark’ back in 1971 but he kept getting stuck trying to complete it.
Lyrically he was trying to summarise a book he read on the significance of the Ark (both literally and symbolically). In his words, "it suggested... that the Ark was a knowledge or a faith, a teaching, and it comes to the fore when a civilisation is going down... to help mankind".