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.