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I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I had
To find you I'd suffer anything and be glad
I'd pay any price just to get you
I'd work all my life and I will
To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I sit looking 'round
I look at my face in 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 lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I'd gladly give up all I had
To find you I'd suffer anything and be glad
I'd pay any price just to get you
I'd work all my life and I will
To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
I sit looking 'round
I look at my face in 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 lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
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"Townshend wrote “Bargain” as an homage to his spiritual advisor, Meher Baba (one of several songs he wrote to illustrate the life and philosophy of the Indian mystic). The first line (‘I’d gladly lose me to find you.’) is taken from Baba’s teachings. The song seems to suggest that losing all of one’s material goods for spiritual enlightenment is a good deal, the ‘bargain’ of the title. Roger Daltrey sings most of the lyrics, though Townshend contributes his voice for the middle section.
Read more: Video Classics: ‘Bargain’ – The Who wnew.radio.com/2011/06/07/video-classic-2-5/"
Sung by one who has awakened to the realization of there being only one thing and he is that thing. Call it God, Great Spirit or what you will. I prefer The Absolute. The One manifest as many. The Thing as it IS rather than The Thing as it seems. Not that the singer IS God but instead, OF God. Just as a drop of The Ocean possesses all of the properties and characteristics of The Ocean, it is not The Ocean. For two decades I heard only a love song from a man to a woman. After experiencing a spiritual awakening myself, my wife and I were discussing how "When spirit speaks, spirit hears" and examples of such instances, that this song played and she said, "Like this one" and for the first time I actually heard it as it WAS rather than as it seemed! Awash in a tidal wave of illumined clarity, I listened anew to my old favorite. So very powerful! It is indeed a love song to God. The greatest ever, IMHO. And Kieth was just a conduit through which spirit poured unrestrained. No one mere mortal could possibly have struck such an immense set of drums as rapidly, powerfully as that. Absolutely Awe-inspiring! Long live ROCK!-Be it Dead or Alive!
Oh yea, and its my second favourite song ever. Awesome.
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.