What does A Self Called Nowhere mean?

They Might Be Giants: A Self Called Nowhere Meaning

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A Self Called Nowhere Lyrics

I'm sitting on the curb
By the empty parking lot
Of the store where they let me play the organ
I'm waiting for my ride
But I want to wait inside
Of the store where they let me play the organ
But I'm thinking of a wooden chair
In a room at...

  1. larikaz
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    Jan 20th 2009 !⃝

    He's sitting on the curb, having been released from the hospital. But he has nowhere to go because he's used all his money to pay for the dialysis. 'Electric Organ' then refers to the dialysis machine.
    So then he dies and finds he is nowhere, thus having his dot vanish from the map of himself.


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