Wish You Were Here

So, so you think you could tell*
This lonely man in a cell
Sunshine from rain?
Will you look in my eyes
And see why I cry
The long bitter goodbye
So long to the blue sky
Did they get you to trade*
Ambition for tears
True love for a cold fear
All comforts for shame
Could you reclaim
The life that I’ve lost cause of you
Or dreams shattered for fame.

So, so you think you tell*
Follow tears like a trail
Through fire and rain
Can you tell me a tail
Of how this has failed
And love gone stale
Do you think you could tell*
Did the get you to trade*
Your heart for a spade
This game of charades
Your honor for “okays”
Cold assurances paid
I might have obeyed
But all my dreams are gone
Now I turn the page


by Caleb Reeve
Verse one was written by Roger Waters and David Gilmore
This poem follows Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” meter.
*indicates lines that are used in the original song.