To be a rock and not to roll

The final line in the immensely popular Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven" is no accident. The stairway is an allegory for "the way to get somewhere." The lyrics are essentially scripture, cleverly adapted by the band to form a song. I'm sure they had no idea what they were saying. Anyway, that's not the point. Every line in the song can be interpreted as another form of gospel, so to speak. Let's focus this discussion on the last line: "To be a rock and not to roll." Why not to roll? The words "rock" and "stone" are critical allegorical keywords in the Bible, meant to signify "stillness" — the stillness of meditation. When Peter builds the House of God on a rock, he is referring to meditation. When Jacob uses a rock as a pillow, it signifies meditation. When David slays Goliath with five smooth stones, it symbolizes overcoming his greatest mental challenges in the stillness of meditation. Rock and roll is the antithesis of meditation. To be a rock and "not" to roll signifies the stillness of meditation.

Jacob

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Genesis 31:46

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

Peter

Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

David

1 Samuel 17:49

And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

1 Samuel 17:50

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Chronicles 22:2

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.