La canción Nothingman es una pista de Pearl Jam de su álbum Vitalogy, lanzado en 1994. Según el bajista Jeff Ament, la canción fue escrita casi en su totalidad durante una sola sesión de ensayo. Él trajo la progresión de acordes a la banda, y Vedder empezó a cantar de inmediato. La letra habla sobre la efimeridad del amor y la importancia de las elecciones personales. El término nothingman es una reflexión sobre cómo las acciones o la falta de el ... Ver más [+] las pueden definir a una persona.
Once divided, nothing left to subtract Some words when spoken can't be taken back Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinking Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go
Nothingman, nothingman Isn't it something? Nothingman
She once believed in every story he had to tell One day she stiffened, took the other side Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell One just escapes, one's left inside the well And he who forgets will be destined to remember oh oh oh oh
Nothingman, nothingman Isn't it something? Nothingman Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him) Oh, she won't feed him, after he's flown away Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun Burn, burn, burn burn
Nothingman, nothingman Isn't it something? Nothingman Nothingman, nothingman Coulda been something, nothingman