wish you were here

so, so you think you can tell
heaven from hell
blue skies from pale
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 heros for ghosts
hot ashes for trees
hot air for a cool breeze
cold comfort with change
did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage-

how i wish, how i wish you were here
we're just two lost souls living in a fish bowl
year after year
running over the same old ground
what have we found
same old fears
wish you were here