So, so 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 ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
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
Were 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