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?

Did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for 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 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.