Ed Sheeran sat on stage crying about how this has been the worst week of his life
Meanwhile children in Palestine have watched their loved ones starve to death, get blown apart, burned alive, and suffer in agony all while being villainized
But sure Ed Sheeran is the victim
so sometimes the hardest loss isnt losing someone else...its realizing you lost yourself along the way.
THAT'S why Wish You Were Here resonates so deeply: because sometimes the person you wish was here...
is the person you used to be.
the song opens with a series of questions: can you tell heaven from hell? blue skies from pain? Seems like Water's is asking whether we can still recognize what truly matters after years of chasing our dreams.
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is for people who can't recognize themselves.
on the surface, the song is about Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's ex bandmate who lost himself to mental illness. but underneath that is a much bigger idea…..
and the fact that the track maggots for brain, played in A Major key, which is known to have “happy”, uplifting vibes, still consist of sad, depressive, im-the-problem type of lyricism proved how much she has creatively improved.
she also seems more matured in this album by saying things like “if loving me means letting go..”. almost like she accepted the fact that the breakup will happen no matter what. rather than trying to fix something that seems… un-fixed-able, she accepted her fate and just let go