Letra Wish You Were Here

A música Wish You Were Here do Pink Floyd trata da desilusão do negócio da música e expressa o sentimento de alienação de Roger Waters daquela cena. Foi também uma homenagem a Syd Barrett, ex-membro da banda, cujo declínio de saúde mental havia sido um grande revés para ele.

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?

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!