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Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their best-known line-up from their heyday (1994–1996) consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass) and Nick Banks (drums). Senior quit in 1996 and returned for tours in 2011, while Leo Abrahams had been a touring member of the band since they reunited in 2011, contributing electric and acoustic guitar.
Throughout the 1980s, the band struggled to find success, but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with the release of the albums His 'n' Hers in 1994 and particularly Different Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart. Different Class spawned four top ten singles, including "Common People" and "Sorted for E's & Wizz", both of which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Pulp's musical style during this period consisted of disco influenced pop-rock coupled with "kitchen sink drama"-style lyrics. Jarvis Cocker and the band became reluctant figures in the Britpop movement, and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His 'n' Hers; they won the prize in 1996 for Different Class and were nominated again in 1998 for This Is Hardcore. They headlined the Pyramid Stage of the Glastonbury Festival twice.
Come up to my lighthouse for I have something I wish to say
It can wait for a moment; well in fact / it can wait all day
I just wanted to bring you up here so you could have the chance to see
the beauty of this situation that / you could share with me
It may seem strange / to talk of love and then lighthouses
It's not strange / to me
Hey / All alone / you and I in our high tower
That's the way / to be
Some laugh at my lighthouse they say it's just an ivory tower
But I don't mind because I know / their envy grows by the hour
See I have a purpose up here to guide the ships upon their way
All this is mine; it could be yours too / what do you say?
It may seem strange / to talk of love and then lighthouses
It's not strange / to me / Hey / All alone / you and I in our high tower