Wish You Were Here...

Disclaimer: After yesterday's blog I decided to look up the lyrics... Hey it's very rare that I like a Pink Floyd song... Let alone it inspiring part of a blog... I say part because I was in the middle of writing it when the song came on... And I thought that line fit well for a title... And I'm not quite sure why but it's been the only Pink Floyd song that I liked... It always seemed kinda strange because it's not like this song is really so much different from the rest... Maybe there's just something about the song...

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.

I'm not quite sure what it was about the song... But I always used to think of it as depressing... And if you hear the song but don't listen to the lyrics... That's exactly what you would think... And I always used to do that... Until I listened to the lyrics yesterday... I realized if you really listen to the lyrics there's a much deeper message there... About breaking away from comfort... And doing something bigger to make a change...Not just accepting what people tell you on blind faith... About how people will not understand the value of being a small part of something big... Rather than a big part in something small... It's seems pretty silly...

Actually stupid if you really think about it... That someone would rather accomplish nothing... Then swallow their pride and be a small part of something... that accomplishes something big... It's hard to believe that... There are so many people out there that are so small minded... That they will let their pride... Get in the way of helping them change the world... For a better brighter place... Because they want to be top dog... And feel like they did it all themselves... Rather than realize they could have accomplished more if they part of a team... Helped more people... Made a bigger impact on the world... But it was all prevented because of their foolish pride...

Doesn't that make you stop and think... Because after all we're all mere mortals... And we've all thought that way at one point or another... The big thing is to learn from it... Maybe try to look at things differently... After all like I said earlier we were put on this planet to do bigger... And greater things...