So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell, blue sky 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 living in a fish bowl

Year after year, going over the same old ground

What have you found, the same old fears

Wish you were here

Oh, wish you were here, oh, wish you were here

Oh, wish you were here, oh, wish you were here