Naked Eye

It all looks fine to the naked eye
But it don't really happen that way at all 

Among the great rock bands of the 60s and 70s, The Who were notable for how few of their songs were about women and the love of them. Instead, particularly from 1967 through Who's Next in 1971, many of Pete Townshend's songs were about the search for God, faith, and meaning, even songs that on a casual listen you might think were about women, such as Bargain and I Can't Reach You.  Even 1973's Quadrophenia, Townshend's finest lyrical and musical achievement, about a young mod youth follower of The Who back in '64, is about the search for faith and meaning.

One of Townshend's most direct songs on this theme is Naked Eye, from the abortive multimedia Lifehouse Project in 1971.  While some songs from the project were salvaged for Who's Next, Naked Eye did not appear until 1974 grab bag album Odds And Sods.  Striking lyrics below the embed.

Take a little dope
And walk out in the air
The stars are all connected to the brain
Find me a woman
And lay down on the ground
Her pleasures coming falling down like rain
Get myself a car
I feel power as I fly
Oh now I'm really in control

It all looks fine to the naked eye
But it don't really happen that way at all
Don't happen that way at all

You sign your own name
And I sign mine
They're both the same but we still get separate rooms
You can cover up your guts
But when you cover up your nuts
You're admitting that there must be something wrong
Press any button
And milk and honey flows
The world begins behind your neighbor's wall

It all looks fine to the naked eye
But it don't really happen that way at all
Don't happen that way at all

You hold the gun
And I hold the wound
And we stand looking in each other's eyes
Both think we know what's right
Both know we know what's wrong
We tell ourselves so many many lies
We're not pawns in any game
Not tools of bigger men
There's only one who can really move us all

It all looks fine to the naked eye
But it don't really happen that way at all