This song is indeed about a post apocalyptic world. The people on the ships are the only ones able to escape the nuclear holocaust. They are forced to sail endlessly without touching land in order to avoid annihilation. They see the people on the shore (silver from radiation poisoning?) still fighting each other. If anybody out there has read the book The Last Ship by William Brinkley, they will immediately sync with the story told in the song. Kantner and Crosby are geniuses.
This song is indeed about a post apocalyptic world. The people on the ships are the only ones able to escape the nuclear holocaust. They are forced to sail endlessly without touching land in order to avoid annihilation. They see the people on the shore (silver from radiation poisoning?) still fighting each other. If anybody out there has read the book The Last Ship by William Brinkley, they will immediately sync with the story told in the song. Kantner and Crosby are geniuses.