Roll Away Your Stone

Album: Sigh No More (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • Marcus Mumford and his band ruminate on grace and sin on "Roll Away Your Stone," the fourth single from their debut album, Sigh No More. The song is influenced by Shakespeare's Macbeth. One line - "stars hide your fires, these here are my desires" - is almost directly taken from the play.

    In an interview with London's Evening Standard, Mumford said, "You can rip off Shakespeare all you like; no lawyer's going to call you up on that one."

Comments: 3

  • Megan from Stevenson, AlI wake up to this every morning on VH1! Makes me so happy! This is my favorite band...other than The Beatles! I guess I love the UK too! lol
  • Randy from Ashland, Ohme too!
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlI absolutely love this song!
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