 Author and theologian Dale Allison describes the song as an "expression of alienation from the world".Much of the critical reaction to George Harrison's 1974 album "Dark Horse" was scathing and focused on his near-completed North American tour with Ravi Shankar, which took place in November and December that year.Harrison had planned these concerts during a pilgrimage to India in February 1974, midway through a period that was otherwise blighted by rock-star excess and the failure of his marriage to Pattie Boyd.