Sunday, May 15, 2011

Great Songs No. 3

Wish you were here. 




Can mean different things to different people. 


Officially it is about Syd Barrett - a member who went crazy on drugs. He probably lost his mind - so 'Wish you were here' probably meant normal reasoning consciousness.


To me I can look at this song in many different ways. The dreariness of life at times. The wish that someone was 'here' as in on your wave length. Perhaps someone that has lost everything and has become despondent to life itself. The second verse is probably saying 'it's not that bad is it?'
"The same old fears" - perhaps a wish to get out of the comfort zone? To break beyond mental barriers?

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