“Nowhere Man” is a 1965 song by The Beatles written by John Lennon. It portrays a man with existential dread, aimlessness, and no sense of direction or worldview. At the time many believed it to be a wonderful song. As we got older, the realization of our misconception of the true meaning set in.
Poor John should have known what the smartest man in the world had to say about the subject 3,000 years ago. John’s words were nothing new. Same old, same old.
Ecclesiastes. 1:2
““Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”” (or “Vanity of vanities… all is vanity”
“I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
“Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”
Yah, nowhere man, if you leave God out, you will get nowhere. Give it some thought.
Gary