Lyrics of 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 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 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 you found? the same old fears.
Wish you were here.