Uh-oh, Another Song...
Yes. I'm doing it. A second song post.
Today I chose "Roll Away Your Stone" by Mumford and Sons.
Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we will find
Don’t leave me alone at this time,
For I'm afraid of what I will discover insideCause you told me that I would find a hole,
Within the fragile substance of my soul
And I have filled this void with things unreal,
And all the while my character it stealsDarkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I seeIt seems that all my bridges have been burned,
But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart,
But the welcome I receive with the restartDarkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see
Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I've seenStars hide your fires,
These here are my desires
And I won't give them up to you this time around
And so, I’ll be found with my stake stuck in this ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soulBut you, you’ve gone too far this time
You have neither reason nor rhyme
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine
There's something about this song that is truly inspiring, on a spiritual level, and perhaps, if you choose to interpret it so, on a religious level as well. Maybe "roll away your stone" is referring to Jesus' rise from the dead, and how he mysteriously rises up affter death and rolls the stone of his tomb away to walk again. Whether this is what is intended or not, I also see it simply and secularly as a calling for rebirth: new life. And although we may be scared to take chances and start all over again ("For I am afraid of what I may discover inside"), we can be determined to pick ourselves up.
"Darknessis a harsh term don't you think?" In this phrase I like to think of the darkness we may paint for ourselves and our future, looking down the road and seeing little hope. But instead of dwelling on this darkness, the song takes a turn for the better: here is what I want to discover in myself and my llife, and with this "newly impassioned soul" I won't let anyone tell me that I can't achieve what I want, what "is so rightfully mine."
And on a side note, I can't help but point out that any song that references Macbeth is pretty much awesome in my book. ("Stars hide your fires, let not like see my black and deep desires.") But in the song, the singer is almost declaring his desires for finally the first time, and no matter what they are or what others think, they can't be changed.
