do you think you can tell

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 ghsts?
hot ash for trees?
hot air for a cool breeze?
cold comfort for change?
did you exchange
a walk on part in a 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 fishbowl together
year after year
running over the same old ground
what have we found?
the same old fear
wish you were here