Deus Corpum Rapit ("God Steals the Body")

This is called Deus Corpum Rapit, which literally means "God Steals the Body" and I would like to hear what meaning you have gathered from this... and general comments too would be nice

Your body is composed of rusty screws and broken parts
The system always fails even after many restarts
Your lungs have a record of collapsing as I’ve read from the charts
The first person I’ve known to make dying such an art

Hey, the sandman’s gonna close your eyes with his old fingertips
Now’s the time to come inside, give you one last kiss on the lips
Hope you had some faith, bet every last one of your poker chips
I will hold your hand when you heave that sigh into the pillowslip

And I can’t let you go
I can’t let you go

The sun is finally taking its leave as it settles in the West
And in its fervid embrace holding everything I had left
Tears are not reserved for those who are not blessed
Merely strongly discouraged by popular request

And I can’t let you go
I can’t let you go

Stone cold, so cold
Death was always just a fairytale
What He told, I told
No thought behind the veil

And I can’t let you go,
I can’t let you go

You will have to go
And I will never let you go

Posted on February 20th, 2009 at 02:23am

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aie, thank you very much. it's kind of a poem with a tune, not quite a song, not quite a poem. i am very into writing but i have this DISEASE where i can't ever finish anything, so i was pretty excited when i finished this one. well, i am glad that it had at least enough substance to make you think. again, thanks a bunch.
Miley Cyrus, February 21st, 2009 at 12:18:25am
You wrote that? That was an amazing poem, seriously. I didn't know you were into writing. And don't judge how you conveyed your message based on my analysis. Everyone gets something different out of poems, and now that I've read why you wrote it, I completely see how that's the subject. Poems with different interpretations are the best kind.
Kurtni, February 20th, 2009 at 01:46:21pm
well you are partially right, although that was an awesome analysis.
it's intended to be about not understanding death and just accepting it as something in God's path for man until it actually happens to you.
clearly i didn't convey that all that well, but thanks so much for the comment, i wasn't really expecting anyone to.
Miley Cyrus, February 20th, 2009 at 11:21:51am
I take it as a cynical take on either A, religion, or B, someone who wasn't religious. More than likely though it's a bit of both. Lines like "Hope you had some faith, bet every last one of your poker chips" at first seems to indicate the narrator hopes the subject of the poem believes in god/religion, but the second part of the line makes reference to gambling, a rather sinful behavior. This adds a double meaning, which could either imply the subject had religious faith or faith that they made good bets and weren't very religious. It could be addressing the hypocrisy the writer feels towards religion, or some religious people. However, seeing as how the other titled the poem God STEALS the body, I would be willing to bet it's aimed at religion in general.

Another line that I thought had a lot of meaning was "Tears are not reserved for those who are not blessed." which would probably be an attack on those religious people who are only care for other religious people.

I also think the line "No Thought Behind the Veil" is an allusion to the short story "The Minister's Black Veil," which is a story about the hypocrtical nature of puritans in colonial America.
Kurtni, February 20th, 2009 at 10:03:17am

Deus Corpum Rapit ("God Steals the Body")

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