 Genius Meanings
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Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
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“Wish You Were Here” is the title track on Pink Floyd’s 1975 album. The song’s lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters‘ feelings of alienation from other people, drawing particular
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Neck Deep – Wish You Were Here
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“Wish You Were Here,” written by bassist Fil Thorpe-Evans and vocalist Ben Barlow, is a heartfelt, acoustic song describing their feelings following the passing of loved ones, both
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Avril Lavigne – Wish You Were Here
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“Wish You Were Here” is a song by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne from her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby.
The song was released on via RCA Records as the third and
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Avenged Sevenfold – 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
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Of Verona – Wish You Were Here
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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
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Pink Floyd – Welcome to the Machine
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“Welcome to the Machine” is the 2nd track on Pink Floyd’s 9th studio album, Wish You Were Here.
The song could be interpreted in two main ways:
Pink Floyd’s own scathing view of
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Conan Gray – Wish You Were Sober
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Released two days before his debut studio album, Kid Krow, dropped, “Wish You Were Sober” finds American singer-songwriter Conan Gray wishing that someone he is into will tell him
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Sparklehorse (Ft. Thom Yorke) – Wish You Were Here
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Sparklehorse’s version of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” was first released in 1997 on Come Again, a compilation, part of EMI’s 100th anniversary Essential series, in which EMI
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Gregorian – Wish You Were Here
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So, so you think you can tell / Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pale? / Can you tell a green field / From a cold steel rail? / A smile from a veil? / Do you think you can tell
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Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here [Live at Knebworth 1990]
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[Acoustic Guitar Intro] / [Verse] / 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
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Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5
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“Shine On You Crazy Diamond” was written about Syd Barrett (his nickname SYD is directly referenced in the title’s initials), one of the original band members. Barrett departed the
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Incubus – Wish You Were Here
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[Verse 1] / I dig my toes into the sand / The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket / I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless / And in
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Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Covers
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See all of “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd’s covers
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Rasputina – Wish You Were Here
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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? / And did they get you to trade your
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Smile Empty Soul – Wish You Were Here
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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
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Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9
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The closing track from Pink Floyd’s 9th studio album, Wish You Were Here and a continuation of the first track on the album.
Much like the album’s opener, the lyrics continue to
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Aslan – Wish You Were Here
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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
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Lionel Cohen – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
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"Wish You Were Here" / 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
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Rik Emmett (Ft. Carmine Appice, David Ellefson, Edgar Froese & Joe Satriani) – Wish You Were Here
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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
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Billie Eilish – wish you were gay
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As Eilish explained in an Instagram livestream, “wish you were gay” is about how it felt for her to be rejected by a boy she liked. At the time, Billie thought he didn’t like her
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Susan Boyle – Wish You Were Here
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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
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David Gilmour – Wish You Were Here (Live in Gdańsk)
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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
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Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (alternate version)
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[Spoken Intro: Nick Mason] / Could I have eggs, sausage, chips & beans and a tea? / [Acoustic Guitar Intro] / [Verse 1: David Gilmour] / So, so you think you can tell / Heaven from
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Celtic Pink Floyd – Wish You Here
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So, so you think you can tell / Heaven from Hell / Blue skys from pain / Can you tell a green field / From a cold steel rail? / A smile from a veil? / Do you think you can tell
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Velvet Revolver – Wish You Were Here
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[Spoken Intro] / [Verse 1: David Gilmour] / 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
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The London Orion Orchestra (Ft. Alice Cooper & Rick Wakeman) – Wish You Were Here
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[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
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Wyclef Jean – Wish You Were Here
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Pink Floyd wrote much of their 1975 album Wish You Were Here, including the title track, thinking about former member Syd Barrett who had left the group due to a mental breakdown.
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