Wish You Were Here
Urban Love Lyrics

So, so you think you can tell
Do you believe you possess the ability to differentiate

Heaven from hell
Between paradise and torment

Blue skies from pain
Clear skies from suffering

Can you tell a green field
Are you able to distinguish a lush meadow

From a cold steel rail?
From an unfeeling metal track?

A smile from a veil?
A genuine smile from a hidden facade?

Do you think you can tell?
Do you genuinely believe you have this perception?

Did they get you to trade
Did they convince you to exchange

Your heroes for ghosts?
Your role models for apparitions?

Hot ashes for trees?
Burning embers for living nature?

Hot air for a cool breeze?
Empty words for a refreshing wind?

Cold comfort for change?
Superficial solace for transformation?

Did you exchange
Did you trade

A walk-on part in the war
A minor role in the conflict

For a lead role in a cage?
For a dominant position within confinement?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
The strong desire I have for your presence

We're just two lost souls
We are merely two bewildered spirits

Swimming in a fish bowl
Braving the challenges within our little world

Year after year
Continuously, without respite

Running over the same old ground
Repeating the familiar patterns

And how we found
And how we discovered

The same old fears
The identical anxieties

Wish you were here
Longing for your physical presence