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.
Tono: G
Introducción:
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So, so you think you can tell,
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Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
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Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,
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Do you think you can tell?
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Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
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Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
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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.
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We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
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Running over the same old ground. What have we found?