Text · Motif

Spiritual

Lyrics exploring spiritual, religious, or transcendent themes and experiences

songs

George Harrison carries the Spiritual motif harder than the others: 28% of his songs touch it, vs 8% Lennon / 4% McCartney / 28% Harrison.

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period6 · 32%

Late13 · 68%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Love-as-truth precursor to All You Need Is Love
2	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	Eastern-flavored detachment from circumstance
3	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Tibetan Book of the Dead via Leary
4	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Mind/self split echoes Harrison's Hindu reading
5	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	–
6	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Sage figure with cosmic awareness
7	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Taoist inward knowing
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8	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
9	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Widely read as address to God/Krishna
10	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Universe, soul
11	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Inspired by Maharishi lecture on nature
12	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Meditation-retreat context; 'part of everything'
13	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Love lying dormant in humanity
14	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Cosmic love and oneness
15	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	Meditative awe at the natural world
16	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Mantra to Maharishi's guru
17	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Comfort in faith and acceptance
18	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Hindu/Vedantic ego doctrine
19	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Transcendence, cosmic unity