I'd gladly give up all I had
To find you I'd suffer anything and be glad
I'd work all my life and I will
To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I look at my face inm the mirror
I know I'm worth nothing without you
And like one and one don't make two
One and one make one
And I'm looking for that free ride to me
I'm looking for you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
Yeah flinchy17 and dukeface are exactly right, he's saying how the worst suffering possible on this earth isn't a good enough price to be with God. Having a full life of suffering and pain to be with God is a 'Bargain'
VERY, VERY powerful song, one of the best ever
@wildmonkeys77 you are exactly correct. It's a deeply spiritual song - and much more powerful than what passes for religious music these days. If Christian rock or pop songs were this nakedly honest, ...well, the singers would get tossed out of the church for being naked! lol
@wildmonkeys77 you are exactly correct. It's a deeply spiritual song - and much more powerful than what passes for religious music these days. If Christian rock or pop songs were this nakedly honest, ...well, the singers would get tossed out of the church for being naked! lol
It's a love song to God. my dad is the ultimate WHO fan!! and he knows that this is about God. i looked it up to see what people would say its about.
the meaning of this song comes across loud and clear. its probably the most passionate love song ive ever heard. imagine someone saying to you "to win you, id stand naked, stoned, and stabbed... id call that a bargain". i mean, damn, thats good stuff. i just hope i dont associate this song with car commercials for the rest of my life...
This song is about Pete trying to find God. He's saying that all the suffering in the world to be with God in the end is the best bargain. It comes across as a love song though, and that's what many people think it's about. I can't think of many lon\ve songs Pete's written besides "Water" (he compares love to a liquid".
This song is about Pete trying to find God. He's saying that all the suffering in the world to be with God in the end is the best bargain. It comes across as a love song though, and that's what many people think it's about. I can't think of many lon\ve songs Pete's written besides "Water" (he compares love to a liquid".
it is a love song, kind of. not a normal one. he isn't singing it to a woman, but to his spiritual leader. (Meher Baba?) basically saying that he would give up everything to reach enlightenment, or whatever it is that he was seeking. i don't really understand those eastern beliefs too well.
Who's the philosopher who talked about the God-shaped hole in man? I think it's about the hunger for the true higher being and the lengths he will go to find it and therefore find himself.
One and one make one And I'm looking for that free ride to me I'm looking for you
I think maybe drown an unsung man isn't him drowning anyone, but that he will drown in some figuative sense, and drown as an unsung man. Something about humility as a path to find what he's looking for.
Though it doesn't really mesh well with a death setting, I want this song to be played at my funeral (yes its pompous of me to think of myself as being a bargain, etc. buuuut...)
Oh yea, and its my second favourite song ever. Awesome.
Didn't Pete Townshend write this song about God? If he did, it's the best hymn I've heard in Years and streets ahead of Kendrick, New wine and Hillsong....
First off, I gotta say that from the first time I heard this song, it has been my absolute favorite song by the Who...
So I'm reading where a lot of people are saying that it's a song about God. I definitely feel that - but I don't know if that's what Townshend intended or not. But... maybe.
But I like to think of it that way; makes it seem a lot more inspiring than just another run of the mill love song. Not that there's anything run of the mill about it. But, yeah - hearing it that way, thinking of it that way; it makes for a much more powerful message.
As far as what it actually means, I like something that William Golding - the author of Lord of the Flies - said. He said that people had argued about what he meant by his symbology in Lord of the Flies, and how there had practically been volumes written about it.
He said, As far as I'm concerned, what it means to the person reading it, is what it means.
First off, I gotta say that from the first time I heard this song, it has been my absolute favorite song by the Who...
So I'm reading where a lot of people are saying that it's a song about God. I definitely feel that - but I don't know if that's what Townshend intended or not. But... maybe.
But I like to think of it that way; makes it seem a lot more inspiring than just another run of the mill love song. Not that there's anything run of the mill about it. But, yeah - hearing it that way, thinking of it that way; it makes for a much more powerful message.
As far as what it actually means, I like something that William Golding - the author of Lord of the Flies - said. He said that people had argued about what he meant by his symbology in Lord of the Flies, and how there had practically been volumes written about it.
He said, As far as I'm concerned, what it means to the person reading it, is what it means.
First off, I gotta say that from the first time I heard this song, it has been my absolute favorite song by the Who...
So I'm reading where a lot of people are saying that it's a song about God. I definitely feel that - but I don't know if that's what Townshend intended or not. But... maybe.
But I like to think of it that way; makes it seem a lot more inspiring than just another run of the mill love song. Not that there's anything run of the mill about it. But, yeah - hearing it that way, thinking of it that way; it makes for a much more powerful message.
As far as what it actually means, I like something that William Golding - the author of Lord of the Flies - said. He said that people had argued about what he meant by his symbology in Lord of the Flies, and how there had practically been volumes written about it.
He said, As far as I'm concerned, what it means to the person reading it, is what it means.