Tribute to Pink Floyd
Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour. First appeared on Wish You Were Here (1975). Often regarded as the best / most popular Pink Floyd song ever, this is a tribute to Syd Barrett, the fallen genius who founded Pink Floyd in 1965.
This arrangement is a combination of bits of the studio version and several live versions.
lyrics
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?
And cold comfort for change?
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.
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.
credits
from Floydian Slips,
released June 4, 2011
Guitar and Second Vocal: Tom Urrutia
SFX, First Vocal, Drums, and Keyboards: Garrett
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