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Cancel my subscription to the resurrection

English translation: I have given up on salvation

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English term or phrase:Cancel my subscription to the resurrection
Selected answer:I have given up on salvation
Entered by: Robert Kleemaier

03:07 Nov 15, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: Cancel my subscription to the resurrection
Cancel my subscription to the resurrection
Send my credentials to the house of detention
I got some friends inside
Shirley Fan
Local time: 18:40
I have given up on salvation
Explanation:
Shirley, this reminds me of gospel music (hip hop?), along the lines of what DC talk did back in the '90s. It sounds like a Christian or, perhaps, anti-Christian message. See below for further explanation.

1) Cancel my subscription to the resurrection = I have given up on salvation
2) Send my credentials to the house of detention = I am going to Hell
3) I got some friends inside = I know some people who have already ended up there. (possible to another interpretation)

HTH. Cheers,
R.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-15 04:32:43 GMT)
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Oops! 'possible to another interpretation' should read 'another interpretation possible' (ahem;-)
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Robert Kleemaier
Canada
Local time: 03:40
Grading comment
ThanX!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4do not resurrect me, I do not want resurrection
Mark Berelekhis
4 +3I have given up on salvation
Robert Kleemaier
4I have no wish, whatsoever, to be resurrected/to be brought back
Terry Burgess
3 +1rejection of Christianity
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 1





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cancel my subscription to the resurrection
do not resurrect me, I do not want resurrection


Explanation:
Of course, there's a certain degree of poetic license when it comes to lyrics, but that's what the lyricist seems to say. 'Canceling subscription' (as though of a magazine) is like saying "I do not wish to receive it anymore."

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 06:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates
11 mins
  -> Thank you, Jane.
agree  orientalhorizon
44 mins
  -> Thank you, orientalhorizon.
agree  P.L.F. Persio: it reminds me of Ivan Karamazov, doesn't it?
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Sofia. Come to think of it, there's something there.
agree  Suzan Hamer
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Suzan.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cancel my subscription to the resurrection
I have given up on salvation


Explanation:
Shirley, this reminds me of gospel music (hip hop?), along the lines of what DC talk did back in the '90s. It sounds like a Christian or, perhaps, anti-Christian message. See below for further explanation.

1) Cancel my subscription to the resurrection = I have given up on salvation
2) Send my credentials to the house of detention = I am going to Hell
3) I got some friends inside = I know some people who have already ended up there. (possible to another interpretation)

HTH. Cheers,
R.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-15 04:32:43 GMT)
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Oops! 'possible to another interpretation' should read 'another interpretation possible' (ahem;-)

Robert Kleemaier
Canada
Local time: 03:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
ThanX!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mark Berelekhis: Hi Robert. I was actually thinking something very similar, but couldn't bridge "resurrection" to "salvation" or heaven or the like. Seing as 'salvation' is just as good a rhyme for 'detention' as 'resurrection,' why wouldn't the lyricist just use that?
5 mins
  -> Rhyme isn't important here, Mark, but meaning: detention -> eternal punishment -> Hell; resurrection -> Jesus Christ -> salvation -> everlasting life with God
agree  orientalhorizon
28 mins
  -> merci
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Patricia
agree  Monika Silea
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Monika, also for identifying the origin of the lyrics
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cancel my subscription to the resurrection
I have no wish, whatsoever, to be resurrected/to be brought back


Explanation:
And I entirely agree:-)
Personally speaking and in real time, have no wish for either resurrection or reincarnation on my demise...unless to a far "healthier and more humane" world.

As regards: "send my credentials to the house of detention"
This may refer to [in the RC religion] as "Purgatory" [doesn't say whether temporary or permanent "detention"]. If temporary, it would mean "Purgatory" and if permanent, well, where else:? Hell, with old Nick himself.
I also agree with the author as regards "a lot of friends inside". I probably have more friends in there than out here.

Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 04:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cancel my subscription to the resurrection
rejection of Christianity


Explanation:
penned by Jim Morrison of The Doors in the late 60s in their song "When the Music's Iver". The message is that the author no long believes in there resurrection of Christ, therefore rejecting Christianity, and perhaps religion altogether

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-15 09:19:28 GMT)
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longER

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jerrie: I don't subscribe to (the concept of) the resurrection any more
56 mins
neutral  airmailrpl: "When the Music's Iver".???
15 hrs
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