“Pilots” is a sultry ballad and features Alison’s filtered operatic wails as a post-chorus melody, giving the track a futuristic and epic, yet romantic, feel.
In an interview with Yahoo music, Alison commented on the song:
“Pilots” is my sci-fi image, a dream about being inside of this huge black...
[Verse 1]
Armoured cars sail the sky
They're pink at dawn
If I lived forever you just wouldn't be so beautiful
As the sun when it shines all over the world
[Chorus]
We're pilots watching stars
The world pre-occupied
We're pilots watching stars
Who do we think we are?
[Verse 2]
Ice and clouds shimmer outside
Rain just falls at magic hour
It's just the sound of you and me
Time twitching
Murmurs of our friendly machine
[Chorus]
We're pilots watching stars
The world pre-occupied
We're pilots watching stars
Who do we think we are?
[Chorus]
We're pilots watching stars
The world pre-occupied
We're pilots watching stars
Who do we think we are?
[Post-Chorus]
It's just the sound of you and me
Pilots was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Pilots was produced by Goldfrapp.
A slightly remixed version subtitled “(On a Star)” was released as Felt Mountain’s fifth and final single on November 5, 2001 as a double A-Side with the song “Lovely Head”. Together, they became the band’s second single to chart within the top seventy-five in the United Kingdom, reaching #68 in the...