I'd gladly lose me to find you
Meher Baba once said this; Pete Townshend, a follower of Baba, made this the first line in the song "Bargain". This song is crucial to the Lifehouse story, bringing the main theme of oneness in everything to the forefront. The story revolves around finding that "one note" to bring everyone together and in harmony. This, to me, since Pete's using a quote from a guru, is similar to the "om" in Hinduism.
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
This extends on the idea of oneness, that the person singing, in this case, anyone who's wanting that oneness, would do anything to find this enlightenment, to find this "one note". This song, out of the context of Lifehouse (and I think within it, too), could also be about God. Like The Who's album before,Tommy, Who's Next (the abridged Who-version of Lifehouse) is the story of someone searching for salvation.
I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had
The best I ever had
Anything will be done, and whatever it is, it's all worth it. It's sort of an idiomatic and sarcastic statment. Yet not bitterly sarcastic. Because, it is sincerely saying that anything would be done just to reach this point.
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
We, everyone, humankind, are nothing without each other.
We feed off of each other, you can't be someone without everyone else, because...
And like one and one don't make two
One and one make one
Everyone is one. This is the pinnacle of the song when everyone is joined together
And I'm looking for that free ride to me
I'm looking for you
We are nothing without each other.
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