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Wish You Were Here

Avenged Sevenfold
Track 17 on The Stage (Deluxe Edition) 

Producers

Joe Barresi & Avenged Sevenfold
A Pink Floyd cover, its the final track of their evolving track list. On the original album, this song was describing the loss of Syd Barret to drugs. In this song they… Read More 
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Wish You Were Here Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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?

[Verse 2]
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?

[Verse 3]
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
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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

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A Pink Floyd cover, its the final track of their evolving track list. On the original album, this song was describing the loss of Syd Barret to drugs. In this song they describe how they would much rather have him as he was a dear friend of theirs.

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The Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
Avenged Sevenfold
  1. 1.
    The Stage
  2. 2.
    Paradigm
  3. 3.
    Sunny Disposition
  4. 4.
    God Damn
  5. 5.
    Creating God
  6. 6.
    Angels
  7. 7.
    Simulation
  8. 8.
    Higher
  9. 9.
    Roman Sky
  10. 10.
    Fermi Paradox
  11. 11.
    Exist
  12. 12.
    Dose
  13. 13.
    Retrovertigo
  14. 14.
    Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)
  15. 15.
    Runaway
  16. 16.
    As Tears Go By
  17. 17.
    Wish You Were Here
  18. 18.
    God Only Knows
  19. 19.
    The Stage (Live from The O2 Arena in London)
  20. 20.
    Paradigm (Live from The O2 Arena in London)
  21. 21.
    Sunny Disposition (Live from The O2 Arena in London) (Missing Lyrics)
  22. 22.
    God Damn (Live from The O2 Arena in London) (Missing Lyrics)
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Release Date
October 6, 2017
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