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Polly Jean Harvey, MBE (born 9 October 1969), known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.
Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist, and saxophone player. The band's frontman, John Parish, would become her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed an eponymous trio and subsequently began her professional career. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood.
Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) and Let England Shake (2011) respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight Brit Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love (1995) and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the NME Awards. In June 2013, she was awarded an MBE for services to music.
Look up and lift your eyes
And see the vast despair
The need is rising high
And it calls for us to care
[Pre-chorus]
Will we choose to hear the call?
Will we rise up? Will we fall?
Will we stand? Will we wait? Will we run?
[Chorus]
‘Cause the hope is in your hands
Are you willing?
Are you willing?
Look up the time is now
Or fear will overcome
To close your eyes destroys us all
We’ve got to face today
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus x2]
The earth is crying desperately
We close our eyes in disbelief
And everything we wanna see
Is covered by the mystery
The earth is crying desperately
We close our eyes in disbelief
And everything we wanna see
Is covered by the mystery