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?

And 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 we found?
The same old fears
Oh, I wish you were here

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell?
Blue sky from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

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
Oh, I wish you were here

How I wish, how I wish you were here
How I wish, how I wish you were here

We're just two lost souls (how I wish)
Swimming in a fish bowl (how I wish you were here)
Year after year
Running over the same old ground (how I wish, how I wish you were here)
What we found?
The same old fears
(How I wish, how I wish you were here)

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