Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Pulse" was issued as a single/EP. Its intro replicates the sound of the original, semi-ambient intro. The cover of the EP features two men whose faces are distorted by fish bowls, referring to the line "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year". The "Experience" edition of Wish You Were Here from the 2011 Why Pink Floyd...? re-release campaign includes a version of "Wish You Were Here" prominently featuring Stéphane Grappelli on violin. The recording of Grappelli, which Nick Mason thought he may have recorded over in subsequent sessions for Wish You Were Here, was
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) with scat singing accompaniment. A third verse follows, featuring an increasingly expressive vocal from Gilmour and audible backing vocals. At the end of the recorded song, the final solo crossfades with wind sound effects, and finally segues into the second section of the multi-part suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". Lyrically, the song is often considered to be a direct tribute to Syd Barrett. However, on the documentary "The Story of Wish You Were Here", Gilmour and Waters separately describe the original concept that differs from this interpretation. Waters, who mainly wrote the lyrics complementing Gilmour's initial riff idea and