Letra de
Wish You Were Here

La canción Wish You Were Here de Pink Floyd trata sobre el desencanto con la industria musical y el sentimiento de alienación de Roger Waters de esa escena. También fue un homenaje a Syd Barrett, ex miembro de la banda, cuyo deterioro de la salud mental había sido un gran revés para él.

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?
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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?
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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!
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