The song's lyrics reflect the influence of the Radha Krishna Temple, whose philosophy holds that spiritual concerns override all material things. Since meeting the Radha Krishna devotees in December 1968, Harrison had produced their devotional music for Apple Records, including the 1969 single "Hare Krishna Mantra", and assisted in securing a property in central London as their temple. He told the devotees that his 1969 Beatles composition "Something" was a love song to the Hindu deity Krishna rather than to his wife, Pattie Boyd.