Longer Boats
“
Longer boats are coming to win us
Hold on to the shore, or —
They’ll be taking the key from the door
— Cat Stevens
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Longer boats are coming to win us
Hold on to the shore, or —
They’ll be taking the key from the door" in the context of "Longer Boats" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Cat Stevens" (Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
About Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948), also known by his stage names Cat Stevens and Yusuf, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and convert to Islam.
About Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948), also known by his stage names Cat Stevens and Yusuf, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and convert to Islam.
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