Lyrics

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue   from   .
Can you tell a   field from a cold   rail?
A   from a   ?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to   your heroes for ghosts?
Hot   for trees?
Hot air for a cool   ?
Cold   for change?
Did you   a walk on   in the war
for a lead   in a   ?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish   ,
year after year,
Running   the same old   .
What have we   ?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Legend

Meaning

Its lyrics encompass Roger Waters' feelings of alienation from other people and his distrust for the music industry

Vocabulary

can tell

to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide
Can you tell the difference between them?
I can’t tell one from the other

walk on part

Acting role with no spoken lines. Insignificant role in a play or film where I think the actor has no lines to speak. A walk-on part refers to movies or television. Say for example you have a street scene with a lot of people walking around. These people are known as extras and they have walk-on parts, meaning they don't speak or do anything special. They just form part of the background
She asked for a walk-on part so that she wouldn't have to memorize lines
Rembrandt appears in so many of his own paintings in a walk-on part.

lead role

Central acting part, the principal role in a play, film, etc.
I wrote the lead role for him.
My friend had the lead role in a play based on 18th-century love letters

Cold steel rail

The track of a train line.

veil

A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
Nothing completes your dream wedding dress like a gorgeous veil

trade

To exchange something for another.
Once Spain ran out of gold, people stopped having a reason to trade with Spain