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The song is about Murray talking about being at the top, at the peak, when everything seems to be falling apart, all with problems in his personal life, his relationships and the people around him, mental health issues, and general issues.
The pilot may refer to Murray himself, steering his decisio...
[Verse 1]
Where do I start?
Where do you end?
You've been doing laps watching ITV
I've been going up-down 2CB
So many parts
But how do I mend?
Yeah, we built a forest full of tree rings
Tended to all the seedlings
Beautiful through the seasons
Just to chop it down again
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm in free-fall
A lot of gravity to please a lot of people
Heavy traffic on my mind smelling diesel
Can you smell the diesel?
[Chorus]
Is the fuel lamp on pilot?
Can you keep flying this plane pilot?
Give me miles of peace and quiet
'Cause all this noise in my brain it piles up
It's violent in private, pilot
Am I just running away pilot?
Have you got nothing to say about it?
I'm feeling closer to god this high up
So climb up, climb up, pilot
[Verse 2]
Drunk words speak sober minds
My whole lifetime inside your eyes was green, HD, beautiful
Do you hate me when I'm 30,000 feet up?
We were so good, cabin pressure creeps up
Used to take the smoke out my lungs- we were so good!
Used to, used to take a trip, take a plunge
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm in free-fall
A lot of gravity to please a lot of people
Heavy traffic on my mind smelling diesel
Can you smell the diesel?
[Chorus]
Are we going to crash pilot?
Can you keep flying this plane pilot?
Give me miles of peace and quiet
'Cause all this noise in my brain it piles up
It's violent in private, pilot
Am I just running away pilot?
Have you got nothing to say about it?
I'm feeling closer to god this high up
So climb up, climb up, pilot
[Post-Chorus]
Drunk words speak sober minds
My whole lifetime inside your eyes was green
[Bridge]
There’s definitely more to than meets the eye
There’s definitely a whole let less of me than I would like
I tried to tell you but I got onion in my eyes
[Verse 3]
Pilot never land this jet
When I touch down, gonna cash that check
With all of your pain, wish I could take it away
And invest in happiness instead
When you ask me a question, the answer is a unanimous
When you ask me a question, the answer is a unanimous yes
[Outro]
Does my name sound better in the past tense?
Does my face look warped through a white lens?
Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen, drop the mask, please
Hypoxic, I can’t breathe, adrenaline don’t die on me
But look, pilot
P1L0T was written by Murray Matravers.
P1L0T was produced by Taka Perry.
hard life released P1L0T on Fri Jul 18 2025.
Murray Matravers:
On my trip to Japan I was running away from all my problems: I’d had the breakdown with the label, I’d split with my ex. Sam had left the band. ‘P1L0T’ was one of the last songs we wrote, just before I was going home. And I was like, ‘Fuck, I’m going to get on this plane, and then...