Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: french
Song Meaning of “Corpus Tristis” by Igorrr
Corpus Tristis, translated from Latin to English as ‘sad body’, is an evocative and haunting track from Igorrr’s album ‘Hallelujah’. This song is about the inner struggles and sadness that life can bring, and of ultimately finding solace and comfort in one’s own body and spirit.
The song opens with a beautiful, melancholic piano playing the main melody, accompanied by strings and percussive beats. This melancholic but refreshingly beautiful soundscape serves as an exploration of the speaker’s inner turmoil and sadness. They describe how they are “tossing and turning in [their] head”, with a heavy heart that aches from a world full of sorrow. Despite these feelings of sadness and despair, the speaker finds hope in the comfort of knowing that their sadness is understandable.
The chorus of the song, with its building crescendo and dynamic strings, further highlights this realization that one must take comfort in themselves rather than allowing the world’s darkness to overcome them. The chorus emphasizes that despite the weight of sadness, there is light in the darkness, and one’s body is a place for solace.
Finally, as the song comes to a close, the listener is left with a sense of peace and understanding; a quiet, reflective mood created by the calming strings and reflective lyrics. Though life is not always easy, there is hope for those who can find solace in their own “corpus tristis”.