Forever Man was inspired after watching Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary on the Beatles. It covers making the classic Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be. I always loved John Lennon's song, Nowhere Man, and decided to pen what I call its cousin, Forever Man. Musically, it has major and minor chord progressions in a similar pop form to the Beatles song. The song's premise is about a man clinging to worldly possessions, not wanting to leave them. He is a self-made man who acquires much wealth but decides to control others instead of blessing them. Forever Man has lost his way, and instead of focusing on heaven, he holds on to his gold or treasure. In the song's bridge, he realizes he has found himself on the outside looking in. He alienated himself from the people who love him as he tries to recall when it all started to change as a young man.