Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait Lyrics Meaning

And I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms

THIS IS ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS GOING THROUGH A REALLY TOUGH TIME, THAT LANDED IN THE ARMS OF A WOMAN THAT PICKED HIM UP.

These days of dust
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun

THEY COULD NOT BE TOGETHER AT THAT POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAD TOO MUCH EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE. THEY WENT THERE SEPERATE WAYS.

And I'll kneel down
Wait for now
And I'll kneel down
Know my ground

THE MAN REALISES WHAT HE'S LOST.

And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you

SO HE WAITS FOR HER TO COME ROUND AND REALISE THE LOVE THEY SHARE TOGETHER.

So break my step
And relent
You forgave and I won't forget

SHE FORGIVES HIM AFTER ALL THE FLAWS SHE SAW IN HIM AND HOW MUCH HE HURT HER.

Know what we've seen
And him with less
Now in some way
Shake the excess

DESPITE WHAT THEY'VE SEEN OF EACHOTHER, THEY WONT LET THE EXCESS BAGGAGE GET IN THE WAY OF THE LOVE THEY SHARE TOGETHER. HE'S WAITING FOR HER TO 'SHAKE THE EXCESS'.

But I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you

So I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart

NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS FOR HIM.

So take my flesh
And fix my eyes
That tethered mind free from the lies

TAKE EVERYTHING OF ME AND CHANGE THE HORRIBLE THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. GIVE ME NEW LIFE.

But I'll kneel down
Wait for now
I'll kneel down
Know my ground

Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
And bow my head
Keep my heart slow

Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you