[Verse 1]
Talk of circles and punching out
Looking in, drawing circles down
Falling up the south marking ground
Talking out of turn, drawing circles down
[Chorus]
Like Pilate, I have a dog
Like Pilate, I have a dog
[Verse 2]
Walks me out of town
Still, one's a crowd
Making angels in the dirt
Looking up, looking all around
[Chorus]
Like Pilate, I have a dog
(Obeys, listens, kisses, loves)
Like Pilate, I have a dog
(Obeys, listens, kisses, loves)
[Bridge]
Stunned by my own reflection
It's looking back, sees me too clearly
And I swore I'd never go there again
Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down...
[Chorus]
Like Pilate, I have a dog
(Obeys, listens, kisses, loves)
Like Pilate, I have a dog
(Obeys, listens, kisses, loves)
Like Pilate, I have a dog
(Obeys, listens, kisses, loves)
Like Pilate, I have a dog
Pilate was written by Jeff Ament.
Pilate was produced by Brendan O’Brien & Pearl Jam.
“I think "Pilate” was the question I was asking myself, and “Low Light ” was the answer, the realization. Have you ever read The Master and Margarita [by Mikhail Bulgakov]? I just read that book, and at the end they talk about Pontius Pilate being all alone on a mountain with his dog. He couldn’t sl...
Alright, hey, this here number is one we don’t get to play enough, and it was inspired by a guy named Mikhail Bulgakov – he’s a Russian author – and it was written by Jeff Ament. He’s really the intellectual of the group.
— Eddie Vedder before performing “Pilate” live at the Key Arena in Seattle on...