Pete Townshend's own comment on the song from the Scooped collection of demos:
Another Lifehouse song I remember my wife saying she liked this one from the kitchen below after I'd finished the harmony vocals. The band later added a passion and a fire that really made it blossom from the sad song it appears to be here to the proud self expose it became on Who's Next. Not a personal song at all, or at least not intended to be. It's about the villain in the story feeling he's forced into playing a two faced role.
Surf safe;)
NFiH