"john wrote this about himself. he is the nowhere man. he felt like nothing people do really takes them anywhere. like no one is really "alive". he then realized that this applies to everyone, that we are all nowhere men. its a big explaination of human life " https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/887/ https://medium.com/@thelegendsofmusic/the-story-behind-nowhere-man-by-the-beatles-1051f9c09f8f