Welcome to Lyrics.com

Lyrics.com is a huge collection of song lyrics, album information and featured video clips for a seemingly endless array of artists — collaboratively assembled by our large music community and contributing editors.

Browse our lyrics and artists database alphabetically or use our advanced query capabilites to search by keywords. You can follow your favorite artists, discuss and rate existing work, and translate pieces to almost any language.

Wish You Were Here

Listen online

Pink Floyd

FAVORITE (33 fans)

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. more »


Year:
2011
121,663 Views
Playlists:
#362
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?
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
And how we found
The same old fears
Wish you were here
Genre:
Style:

Written by: David Gilmour, Roger Waters

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

Share your thoughts about Lyrics.com with the community:

404 Comments

Citation

Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Wish You Were Here Lyrics." Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 16 Sep. 2021. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/24488857>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited song lyrics collection on the web!

Watch the song video

Wish You Were Here

223.2M
1.1M     40,664

Our favorite collection of

Popular Artists

»

Our favorite collection of

Popular Lyrics

»
  1. In da Club
    50 Cent
    Get Rich or Die Tryin' [Bonus DVD]
  2. The Night We Met
    Lord Huron
    Strange Trails
  3. Heat Waves
    Glass Animals
  4. Wish You Were Here
    Pink Floyd
    A Foot in the Door: The Best of Pink Floyd
  5. Umbrella
    Jay-Z, Rihanna
    Good Girl Gone Bad [Bonus CD]

Browse Lyrics.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web!

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

Our awesome collection of

Promoted Songs

»

Quiz

Are you a music master?

»
"Money for nothin' and ________ for free."
  • A. drinks
  • B. rings
  • C. chips
  • D. chicks