Showbread
Who Can Know It?
show·bread [shoh-bred]
noun Judaism.
— n | |
Old Testament the loaves of bread placed every Sabbath onthe table beside the altar of incense in the tabernacle or templeof ancient Israel (Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5--9) | |
[on the model of German Schaubrot, a translation of the Greekartoi enōpioi, a translation of the Hebrew lechem pānīm, literally: bread of the presence] | |
I first was introduced to Showbread through TVU back in 2008 and honestly they freaked me out. I don’t remember if “The Pig” was the first music video of theirs I watched but it was one of the first. And back in 2008 I was wasn’t into much beyond pop, pop/rock, and the softer side of rock so I was turned off about 10 seconds in when they started scream singing. It also didn’t help that they were thrashing themselves around the room and wearing blue makeup masks, I just didn’t get that. As the video went on (while the mute was on) it shows girls in a butcher shop where there are pools of blood (and if you don’t know me, I have a huge phobia of blood) and are putting makeup on as pig faces flash across their faces. It all seemed rather creepy to me and when I finally thought it was over and I unmuted it horrible squealing pig sounds were at the end. Needless to say Showbread was one of those bands that I had labeled as likely never to listen to.
When they released their next music video “The Pig (Anorexia)” it was premiered on TVU’s Ten Most Wanted (and if I wanted to see who got the number 1 spot I’d have to watch Showbread’s video). I thought it was cool how they did doubles of themselves to play each part (you’d have to watch it to understand) and I liked how there wasn’t any screaming…so far. Bout a minute in the screaming started. Not to mention the piano player showed his busted eye to camera (why did their videos have to have blood in it?). Well because of the first experience I had with them I automatically judged them/it. But as it kept playing week after week I gave it a chance and watched it with the volume on and really paid attention to it. It actually is a really cool video, throughout it this girl is trying to strangle out “the pig” part of her life (and when you watch both videos it makes more sense). All in all, since then I have become a fan of Showbread and now own (probably one of their calmest albums): Who Can Know It?
The album is not as intense as their previous albums which might disappoint you, as it did my sister, or might make you more inclined to listen to them. I like their more intense stuff as well as this album, though Who Can Know It? is sadly the only album I actually own. Showbread really likes to make a point with their lyrics, which is something I really enjoy because the lyrics actually have wholesome meaning, and they have done an amazing job in doing that with this album. The first song on the album A Man With A Hammer is probably the boldest song on the album, so be prepared to be shocked. It goes through telling mini stories of people; a man murdering his family, a wife sleeping with another man, a woman getting an abortion, and a girl getting raped. But the song points out that anyone can be saved, even if you’ve done all those things listed above. And the end of the song the lyrics go like this:
Thieves and liars/Murderers and whores/Homosexuals, extortionists/Pedophiles, abortionists/Junkies and rapists/Adulterers and terrorists/Every woman, every man/All ransomed by your love for them
I love that part because it states clear as day that Christ loves everybody. He loves everyone no matter what you’ve done or why you think He could never love you, He does love you enough to die for you. It is so crazy to think about and it just blows my mind! This song, though bluntly shocking, is probably one of my favorites by them because I as reminded of Christ unconditional love.
Deliverance talks about how we need Christ to deliver us from sins that make its way into our everyday life. Some of which are selfishness, anger, trust we place in things other than Him, and pride. My favorite part in this song goes like:
I love that part because it states clear as day that Christ loves everybody. He loves everyone no matter what you’ve done or why you think He could never love you, He does love you enough to die for you. It is so crazy to think about and it just blows my mind! This song, though bluntly shocking, is probably one of my favorites by them because I as reminded of Christ unconditional love.
Deliverance talks about how we need Christ to deliver us from sins that make its way into our everyday life. Some of which are selfishness, anger, trust we place in things other than Him, and pride. My favorite part in this song goes like:
The Jesus that we're shouting in our neighbors' face/Looks nothing the Jesus that you are
Heavy is the soul that I've been carrying/So I am forever giving of my source/Take from me this weight that I could never bear/And I will follow you forevermore
That first part, which is found in the first verse, reminds me that every day, if we claim to be Christians, we are reflecting Christ to others. But are we reflecting Him truly or are people seeing us claiming to be Christians (which means little Christ’s) one minute but not acting like it the next minute (which happens at times because we’re not perfect, and that proves that we need the saving grace of God, but we should strive to mirror him truly every day). The chorus talks about how we can’t do it on our own, we need His help, daily we need him to fill us up with Him and take the heavy load that we try to carry on our own. But remember that He can’t take out load unless we give it to Him. If He takes our heavy load and we take His light load we can strive to follow Him continually.
You’re Like A Taxi is a song about death, but more for someone who has been saved through the blood of Jesus and it now going to heaven. The chorus: gone is not the word for someone who finally found his way back home is repeated 9 times and if something it repeated that many times I think they’re really trying to make a point. Back home. This earth is not our home, it’s more like our tent. We’re only here temporary and if you know Christ as your Lord and Savior then Heaven will become your eternal home! How awesome it that! I know I’m excited for it! I hope when I find my way home nobody will say I’m gone.
Time To Go, I could unpack a lot on that song but seeing as this review has already grown kinda long I’ll spare you and just focus on one little bit.
The world says that you are someone you are not/To know you better I've had to forget what I've been taught/And if the whole world decides to turn its back on you/I'll be right here/'cause they don't know you the way that I do
The world always has to pass off their opinion of what they think of God and almost everything else in the world but why should we trust what they have to say? They’re almost always contradicting themselves. But the Bible never contradicts its self and that’s where we should get our information on God and the things he says. I think those lyrics say it perfectly, if we want to learn more about God we need to forget what the world has taught us or else the two will continue to conflict with each other which could harm us spiritually. As a follower of Christ we need to stick to Him even if the world turns its back on Him and persecutes Him and those who follow Him. If we truly know Him and continually strive to learn more about Him we’ll be right there with Him (as He will be with us) through it all because we know Him and what he’s done for us better than the world does. The world might be a fan of Jesus because they want to see His miracles like magic tricks but when He lets them know what they’d have to go through the fans are weeded out and only the followers remain (read John 6, verse 66 tells of how His fans deserted Him).
Heavy is the soul that I've been carrying/So I am forever giving of my source/Take from me this weight that I could never bear/And I will follow you forevermore
That first part, which is found in the first verse, reminds me that every day, if we claim to be Christians, we are reflecting Christ to others. But are we reflecting Him truly or are people seeing us claiming to be Christians (which means little Christ’s) one minute but not acting like it the next minute (which happens at times because we’re not perfect, and that proves that we need the saving grace of God, but we should strive to mirror him truly every day). The chorus talks about how we can’t do it on our own, we need His help, daily we need him to fill us up with Him and take the heavy load that we try to carry on our own. But remember that He can’t take out load unless we give it to Him. If He takes our heavy load and we take His light load we can strive to follow Him continually.
You’re Like A Taxi is a song about death, but more for someone who has been saved through the blood of Jesus and it now going to heaven. The chorus: gone is not the word for someone who finally found his way back home is repeated 9 times and if something it repeated that many times I think they’re really trying to make a point. Back home. This earth is not our home, it’s more like our tent. We’re only here temporary and if you know Christ as your Lord and Savior then Heaven will become your eternal home! How awesome it that! I know I’m excited for it! I hope when I find my way home nobody will say I’m gone.
Time To Go, I could unpack a lot on that song but seeing as this review has already grown kinda long I’ll spare you and just focus on one little bit.
The world says that you are someone you are not/To know you better I've had to forget what I've been taught/And if the whole world decides to turn its back on you/I'll be right here/'cause they don't know you the way that I do
The world always has to pass off their opinion of what they think of God and almost everything else in the world but why should we trust what they have to say? They’re almost always contradicting themselves. But the Bible never contradicts its self and that’s where we should get our information on God and the things he says. I think those lyrics say it perfectly, if we want to learn more about God we need to forget what the world has taught us or else the two will continue to conflict with each other which could harm us spiritually. As a follower of Christ we need to stick to Him even if the world turns its back on Him and persecutes Him and those who follow Him. If we truly know Him and continually strive to learn more about Him we’ll be right there with Him (as He will be with us) through it all because we know Him and what he’s done for us better than the world does. The world might be a fan of Jesus because they want to see His miracles like magic tricks but when He lets them know what they’d have to go through the fans are weeded out and only the followers remain (read John 6, verse 66 tells of how His fans deserted Him).
I really enjoy this CD and I encourage you to add it to your collection also.
You can download the album free here.
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