Pink Floyd:Wish You Were Here
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This song is performed by Pink Floyd and appears on the album Wish You Were Here (1975).
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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 we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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 we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
[edit] Credits
- Written by: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Musicians
- Roger Waters - Fender bass guitar, six string acoustic guitar, tape effects
- David Gilmour - 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, pedal steel guitar, tape effects, lead and backing vocals
- Richard Wright - Steinway piano, Mini-Moog Synthesizers
- Nick Mason - drums, tape effects
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Stéphane Grappelli - violin
[edit] Achievements
- This song earned the #316 spot on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
- This song earned the #41 spot on Triple J's "Hottest 100 of All Time".
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