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 their fourth single from 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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