Mumford & Sons - Roll Away Your Stone Lyrics Meaning

Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford &Sons  lyric interpretations

ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE
I'LL ROLL AWAY MINE.
---take down your barriers with me
TOGETHER WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
---and we can have a self-evaluation

DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE AT THIS TIME.
FOR IM AFRAID OF WHAT I WILL DISCOVER INSIDE.
---let's do it together because I don't want to face my demons alone (demons as in what troubles him about himself)

FOR YOU TOLD ME THAT I WOULD FIND A HOLE.
---"you" is God, who tells us in the Bible that without Him we are like a void, empty.
WITHIN THE FRAGILE SUBSTANCE OF MY SOUL.

AND I HAVE FILLED THIS VOID WITH THINGS UNREAL.
---without God to fill us up, we turn to useless, worldly things to try and bring us happiness
AND ALL THE WHILE MY CHARACTER IT STEALS.
---but we are deluding ourselves because only God can bring happiness

DARKNESS IS A HARSH TERM DON'T YOU THINK?
---the singer does not want to turn away from what he is used to
AND YET IT DOMINATES THE THINGS I SEE.
---but he realizes that change is needed

IT SEEMS THAT ALL MY BRIDGES HAVE BEEN BURNED.
---he realizes how it seems like God is the only real answer, even though it doesn't make sense that he would deserve God after all he's done
YOU SAY THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THIS GRACE THING WORKS.
---but grace isn't something you earn from God, He gives it freely, that's "how it works"

IT'S NOT THE LONG WALK HOME THAT WILL CHANGE THIS HEART.
---referring to the Bible story The Prodigal Son, which demonstrates that the journey home is long and hard and comes before the joy. The story is about a son who dishonors his father and takes his inheritance and moves out of the house. He ends up gambling away all his money and having to humble himself to go home and beg his father to take him back. His journey home is hard and he doesn't think his father will welcome him home
BUT THE WELCOME I RECIEVE AT THE RESTART.
---but his father does welcome him home, and they have a feast in honor of his return

DARKNESS IS A HARSH TERM DON'T YOU THINK?
AND YET IT DOMINATES THE THINGS I SEE.
-see above

*REPEAT

STARS HIDE YOUR FIRES.
--- reference to Macbeth: "Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires"  showing that the singer is ashamed of his sins and does not want them seen in the light
THESE HERE ARE MY DESIRES.
---but he surrenders them
AND I WILL GIVE THEM UP TO YOU THIS TIME AROUND.
---and gives them to God

AND SO I'LL BE FOUND.
WITH MY STAKE STUCK IN THIS GROUND.
---the "ground" referred to Christianity. The singer is saying that he has taken part in it, stuck his stake in
MARKING THE TERRITORY OF THIS NEWLY EMPASSIONED SOUL.
---the territory gained is Christianity- and it was gained through the passion found in Christians for what we believe, which to the singer, is new passion that he did not have before

*REPEAT

AND YOU, YOU'VE GONE TO FAR THIS TIME.
---"you" is referring back to his old  desires
YOU HAVE NEITHER REASON NOR RHYME.
---the singer is saying that his old desires have to right no his soul
WITH WHICH TO TAKE THIS SOUL THAT IS SO RIGHTFULY MINE.
---it's his to do with as he pleases, and his decision is to give his soul to the One who is really in control, no matter what. God.