Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Lyrics

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

• Anonymous

  This is my all time favourite song that I first heard when I was about 16. 24 years on and I still love it to bits. I've even put in my will that it MUST be played at my funeral (along with lots of other Floyd greats) Hopefully I get to listen to it for the next 40 years first. Amazing music.
  Gadz Rockin CHCH NZ

• Anonymous

  this song reminds me of my first true love, we share two children together and are still very close today. he loved me with everything he had and i traded it for the wonder of what was out there, when really all i needed was him...hopefully one day my wish for him to be here will come true....

• Anonymous

  4/21 :)This song has a meaning to me that hardly anyone understands. My dad use to play it for me when i was littler and now my boyfriend that im completely in love with plays it on the guitar for me a lot. It brings back memories for me. I use to cry when i heard it cause my dads an idiot. but now it almost makes me smile. If i ever lost johnathan this song would fit the feelings in my heart forever. He is all i need in life. He makes me so happy. As a matter of fact i wish he was here right now. And good job Pink Floyd on writing this song. It is absolutely amazing (:

• Anonymous

  julian: I believe that this song tells us that no matter how something can be so distant if it ever had meaning to you you'd regret but still cherish those memories of yours and continue to reminisce.