So, so you think you can tell 
Heaven from [bad word]  
Blue skys from pain. 
Can you tell a green field 
From a cold steel rail? 
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? 
 [bad word] for change? 
And did you exchange 
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,  [bad word] over the same old ground. 
What have we found? 
The same old fears. 
Wish you were here.