 In the second verse, the lines "You may disagree / We all have the right to be" represent Harrison's plea for tolerance from his critics, Leng writes, as on other "Extra Texture" songs such as "The Answer's at the End".Leng adds that the eponymous "world of stone" is "the material world under another guise".Before the first of the song's two instrumental breaks, Harrison states that this world is "Such a long way from home" – home being "spiritual understanding", according to Inglis.