And into the sea Goes pretty England and me Around the Bay of Biscay And back for tea Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank Up the Thames to find a taxi rank Sail on by with the tide And go to sleep And the radio says This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo Up the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty There's a low in the High Forties Saturday's locked away on the pier Not fast enough, dear And on the Malin Head Blackpool looks blue and red And the Queen, she's gone 'round the bend Jumped off Land's End And the radio says This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo
And into the sea Goes pretty England and me Around the Bay of Biscay And back for tea Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank Up the Thames to find a taxi rank Sail on by with the tide And go to sleep And the radio says This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo Up the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty There's a low in the High Forties Saturday's locked away on the pier Not fast enough, dear And on the Malin Head Blackpool looks blue and red And the Queen, she's gone 'round the bend Jumped off Land's End And the radio says This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo
A canção foi inspirada num lenço de bolso que Alex deu a Damon quando ele estava doente, contendo um mapa das Ilhas Britânicas com todas as áreas da previsão marítima marcadas.
Cada local mencionado na letra corresponde a uma das regiões da Shipping Forecast indicadas no lenço, transformando o mapa em base literal para a composição.
Durante a sessão de perguntas e respostas antes do show “Dr. Dee” em 4 de maio de 2012, Damon afirmou que “This Is a Low” é provavelmente sua faixa favorita do Blur.
O título da música brinca com a expressão meteorológica “low pressure” usada na Shipping Forecast, ligando o tema ao clima marítimo britânico.
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