Wish you were here

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?
And did they get you
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 the 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

WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD