The song "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd expresses feelings of loneliness and isolation. It references trading ideals for superficial things and losing touch with another. The lyrics ask if the person can tell the difference between real and fake things in life. It wishes the person being addressed was there to share in the feeling of being like "two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, running over the same old ground" and dealing with "the same old fears."
2. Wish You Were Here
(Pink Floyd)
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?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros 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 we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.