There were two fitting epitaphs to Pulp. The first is the Bad Cover Version video, a charity song send-up with celebrity musician look-alikes paying tribute to Pulp’s musical legacy; the other– Sunrise, the final song on the group’s We Love Life album– wasn’t so celebratory.
After spending 20 years...
[Verse 1]
I used to hate the sun
Because it shone on everythin' I'd done
Made me feel that all that I had done
Was overfill the ashtray of my life
All my achievements in days of yore
Range from pathetic
To piss-poor
But all that's gonna change
[Chorus]
Because here comes sunrise
Yeah, here's your sunrise
[Verse 2]
I used to hide from the sun
Tried to live my whole life underground, umm
Why'd you have to rise and ruin all my fun?
Just turn over, close the curtains on the day
[Chorus]
Because here comes sunrise
Yeah, here's your sunrise
[Verse 3]
When you've been awake all night long
And you feel like crashin' out at dawn
But you've been awake all night
So why should you crash out at dawn?
[Instrumental coda]
Sunrise was written by Pulp.
Sunrise was produced by Scott Walker.