I thought this is a love song,after so many years,I realize that it’s for guitar player syd barrett,he left the band because his serious diseases of the nervous system.
Wish you were here,I usually think so when happiness and the fruits comes,my joy would be doubled if he or she were here. Happiness only real when shared,my idol Christopher Candless wrote the last line in his notebook.
And I remember a line from Xu Wei(许巍)— When the happiness comes into my heart in a split second,I want to be with you and share together.(当心中的欢乐/一瞬间开启/我想拥你在身边/与你一起分享。拙译)Yeah,happiness is the gift given by God.
The lyrics are very beautiful,It's really a perfect poem,and the melody is so sad and despairing,like cold wind goes to my bone,every word of this song sharply pricks my heart.
Pink Floyd is the greatest band in the world,and this is the greatest song of Pink Floyd.So don’t miss this rock and roll song.You will be deeply moved.
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?
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 have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here