The lyric listing for this one is full of errors.
The Shipping Forecast – a BBC Radio 4 staple – is referenced throughout (the different shipping areas mentioned include Dogger Bank and Cromarty), but the song's a lot deeper, of course. The Forecast is just the thing to listen to when you are in a low – it's totally meaningless (when you're not at sea), yet the comfort of a human voice is there, sounding like there is order and control in the world, if not presently in your life...
The lyric listing for this one is full of errors. The Shipping Forecast – a BBC Radio 4 staple – is referenced throughout (the different shipping areas mentioned include Dogger Bank and Cromarty), but the song's a lot deeper, of course. The Forecast is just the thing to listen to when you are in a low – it's totally meaningless (when you're not at sea), yet the comfort of a human voice is there, sounding like there is order and control in the world, if not presently in your life...