wish you were here

heard this song for the first time on 'Rockstar Supernova' by Storm Large, and I thought it was beautiful...search the net and managed to acquire the original version done by Pink Floyd..

when I read the lyrics, I thought it sounded sad..almost helpless..maybe thats not what the song had meant to be..anyway heres it..

" 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 have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here."