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by Solanzh on February 21st, 2011
UH... neither responses to this are true, the song is based on the poem the Rhime of the Ancient Mariner.... If you pay attention to the words in the song it is kind of laughable to think that the 2 previous responses would be the songs real meaning. It is about a legendary ghost ship... look up the poem it is long but quite good.
by braille8888 on December 20th, 2009
Back in 1500's or maybe later or earlier, fools was another name for being "crazy". So the people would put all the crazy ones on a waterlogged ship that was not seaworthy. Then send them to sea to......die. The ship would sink or turn over. In the song he says "I alone possessed the tools" meaning a sound mind. That is why he survived the sinking. Now when you listen to or read the lyrics you will understand why they were acting odd.....fools or crazy. Sad but true?...you will have to research it. Have fun.
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by Perryman on September 29th, 2006
On, May 22, 1977, Robert Hilburn wrote in the Los Angeles Times. In an article entitled "Bob Seger, Rock's Prodigal Son." The following from a conversation with Seger:
Ship of Fools: "I've seen a lot of my friends lose their passion and end up in a rut, afraid to take a chance. 'Night Moves' is about romantic passion, but 'Ship of Fools' from the album is about passion for life. Maybe a guy's working a job he doesn't like and he sees an ad about the Alaska pipeline or something that excites him. But there are problems. His wife says it's too cold in Alaska or whatever. So he passes it up and just keeps on with something he hates."
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