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“Behind Blue Eyes” is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for his Lifehouse project. It first appeared on The Who’s 1971 Who’s Next album, along with a number of other remnants from the project. The song is one of The Who’s most well known recordings and has been covered by many artists.

The lyrics are a first-person lament from a man in the Lifehouse story, variously identified as ‘Brick’ or ‘Jumbo’, who is always angry and full of angst because of all the pressure and temptation that surrounds him, and the song was intended to be his “theme song” had the project been successful. (The lyrics of the rocking section near the end were actually written by Townshend as a prayer when he was a disciple of Meher Baba after being tempted by a groupie, and incorporated into the song when it was written.) In the incarnation of Lifehouse that was officially released as a part of Pete Townshend’s solo box set, The Lifehouse Chronicles the song’s meaning changes to the theme song of the story’s protagonist, Ray.

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