The Greatest Song Ever (Okay, so maybe not)

So I have always been a semi-fan of the band Showbread. I mean, I’ve always known they were good, and their Mouth is Like a Magazine music video is amazing (maybe a future post?!?). But it was today that I downloaded their song Oh! Emetophobia! After the first time I played it, I couldn’t get enough of it. I also quickly realized that I have no idea what Emetophobia is. Well thanks to trusty Wikipedia, here’s the definition:

Emetophobia is an excessive or irrational fear of vomiting or of being around others who are vomiting. It is one of the most common specific phobias. In survey research, six percent of the U.S. population claims to fear being sick, although a much smaller number suffer from actual emetophobia, which manifests itself through a variety of phobic behavior.

^{This has absolutely nothing to do with the song, I guess they just thought it was a cool word and went with it…}

^{But anywho, here’s the lyrics:}

Showbread-Oh! Emetophobia! 

Dance with me baby, let me hear your voice
Oh if I didn’t wanna fall for you I never had a choice
Smear the makeup on my face
Run your fingers through my hair
I can not keep my heart from you and I don’t even care
Yeah, you turn me inside out
You make me shake and I can’t stop
You give new meaning to drop dead gorgeous
And I’m about to drop

You are a song to me
And every note of every chord will set me free
There’s no time before you came alone
Three cheers for the end of twenty one years
Nothing else is going wrong

Reverberate and complicate my evenings and my days
And I will only love you more
I will count the ways
Dance with me and when you see my pulse beneath my skin
It’s racing now, I don’t know how to hold the burning in
You’ve taken from me my defenses
My will is under attack
And baby when I wrap my arms around you
I feel the bones in your back

Oh yeah, your voice is like music
It’s music to my ears
I’m not dying anymore, I’m alive baby!

At first glance, it sounds like the lyrics might be a bit sketchy. But, Showbread is signed with Tooth and Nail Records, and I can assure you they’re a Christians. If you read them and really think about them, its actually a pretty good message. But I’ll leave that up to you, I don’t feel like explaining my opinions of Oh! Emetophobia!

Oh man, I think I feel sick…