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? 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 Lyrics. Wish You Were Here song meanings. Add Your Thoughts Comments. General Comment The song was written for Syd Barret. This is the way I would interpret it. So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. When one is addicted to something they think they know better than everyone else. And did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot air for a cold breeze? Past experiences good times for new greater ones.
The author here gets nostalgic and wishes that Syd was there with him like the good old times We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, running over the same old ground.
What have we found? Two soul mates, the author and Syd, who went different ways. There was an error. I truly enjoyed your comment on this I was myself have love loved Floyd all my life and only 36yrs old So this probably means that he is speaking about just one, not two fish bowls.
Sickobaby on January 11, For example two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl I take to mean two people in a generally unwinnable situation. I definitely agree that it is written about Syd, but I interpret the song to be a more general expression of emotion and questioning towards Syd and his situation, as most of the questions point back to the same simple question of why did you trade good for bad.
The point is reinforced over and over to say I don't understand why you made that choice. HeadScratcher on November 23, I think aside from the album's Syd theme, there's a more general meaning. One that struggled with with going through life and now see my own daughter fall into the same cycle.
Having idealistic and maybe self centered ideals that tend to keep you in turmoil. I watch her try to contort reality into what she thinks is good, or what she wants at that time and inevitably sets herself back to a state of lesser understanding.
Figuratively a lost soul swimming in a fish bowl. Emphasize the hurtful yearning, the nostalgia. Breathes throughout the song. Syd had a very troubling life. He had too many demons and they just destroyed him inside and out.
Rock In Peace Syd. Engel78 on January 09, Good job This was beautiful. Love from India. Plath on September 06, General Comment For me this song is like much Floyd about missed opportunities. Do you really think that right now you can tell the difference between something that will be good in the long run and something short term?
Do you really think that you can tell what the difference is between this job and that one? Do you think that you really know if this girl will be better in 5 years, or that one.
Can you tell Heaven from Hell? Can you tell what will work out well from a nightmare? Something "good" from something "bad" And repeat in a good way, I love the song What it says to me is that you can never tell, at least about your own life your too close , what is good and what is bad. Look at all of history, the life story of every great artist, the history of every war. Things that seem great one second are just pain the next, and possibly more importantly, things that seem great now can be the undoing of everything.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and often the road to enlightenment is paved with painful mistakes and lessons. The song grinds this message home. Then expresses loss in the titular line. That loss seems to be for someone, but is equally for all the missed opportunities and chances.
It is the loss of all the lives that could have been. All the dreams left unfulfilled. The chances not taken. Because we could not tell heaven from hell, blue skies from pain.
Because we could not see beyond the end of our temporal noses. The final segment makes it all the more personal. These guys used a fire extinguisher as sleeve art for the album and also used one in the studio because they admired the sound.
And living, you are correct. Syd left well before the 80's, so I dunno how someone could have met them in the 80's at msg. Don't get lost in the games we play status, religion and materialism. Remember to be amazed at the beauty of all creation and your place in it. Marvel at how small you are and how ignorant before being astonished at how easy it is to walk while massively complex in detail.
Stay together if you can. Enjoy this world with the ones you care about. What else could there ever be? What's it about? Who cares, it's good freaking music, period! Anyone can interpret music to fit their own meaning, that's what makes a good record identifiable because it has multiple meanings to those who listen to it and those who wrote it.
I doubt it's about Syd Barrett because the band members aren't psychoanalysts now are they? This entire song is about Syd. Because of his extremely heavy use of acid it caused him to basically loose his mind. This is their dedication to Syd and how much they truly miss him. The drugs took his mind soul and spirit. He never did anything of musical importance after he left. I think The specific things the songwriter shares speaks to us all in some way. Someone dies, you live.
Someone vacations and you work. Someone serves and you are free. The title and the final verse explains the guilt again and the wish that they were here. Lost souls who miss lost souls and have more fears. I watched the Wish You Were Here documentary a few years back, and Roger Waters, who wrote the lyrics, in an interview said it was about the person you were and the person you could be.
However, David Gilmour, who sings the song, in another interview, said that when he sings it, he sings it with Syd in mind. For the latest songwriting tips, reviews, podcasts, and more.
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