Take, Eat

Josh Garrels sets the words of institution almost verbatim, letting the repeated invitation "Take eat" carry the whole song. The lyric holds two stark images side by side: a body broken for healing and blood poured out for the remission of sin. There is no narrative arc or emotional build — just the same lines returning, the way a liturgy returns week after week. The only command is remembrance: do this to remember what has been done, and to remember Him. That doubling matters, because the song treats the meal as both a memorial and a participation in something still present. The bareness of the arrangement implied by the text keeps attention on the gift rather than the giver's performance. Garrels doesn't add commentary or explanation; he trusts the words to do their work. The result sits close to the communion table itself, a sung echo of Christ's words to His disciples on the night He was betrayed, offered now to anyone who will come and eat.