Tommy:
I overwhelm as I approach you
Make your lungs hold breath inside!
Lovers break caresses for me
Love enhanced when I've gone by.
You'll feel me coming,
A new vibration
From afar you'll see me
I'm a sensation.
They worship me and all I touch
Hazy eyed they catch my glance,
Pleasant shudders shake their senses
My warm momentum throws their stance.
You'll feel me coming
A new vibration
From afar you'll see me
I'm a sensation.
I leave a trail of rooted people
Mesmerised by just the sight,
The few I touch are now disciples
Love as one I am the light
Soon you'll see me can't you feel me
I'm coming
Send your troubles dancing he knows the answer
I'm coming
I'm a sensation.
Make your lungs hold breath inside!
Lovers break caresses for me
Love enhanced when I've gone by.
A new vibration
From afar you'll see me
I'm a sensation.
Hazy eyed they catch my glance,
Pleasant shudders shake their senses
My warm momentum throws their stance.
A new vibration
From afar you'll see me
I'm a sensation.
Mesmerised by just the sight,
The few I touch are now disciples
Love as one I am the light
I'm coming
Send your troubles dancing he knows the answer
I'm coming
I'm a sensation.
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This song was originally about Townshend himself, when he came to Australia and couldn't believe that the first girl he chatted up also followed Meher Baba. The coincidence shocked him and he equated that with Tommy's reaction when his sight, speech and hearing are restored. Tommy now believes himself to be some kind of messiah, which dictates the rest of the plot.
Superstar-dom.
Tommy is now a symbol of The Who, as a band.
From this point, religous words are mostly symoblic for crazed fans, concerts, etc.
This is the first full song in which Tommy is cured completely.