LYRICS They told me I’d never get to tell my story Too many bullet holes It would take a miracle
These voices Inside my head like poison Trying to steal my hope Silencing my soul
But my story is only now beginning Don’t try to write my ending Nobody gets to sing my song
This is the sound of surviving This is my farewell to fear This is my whole heart deciding I’m still here, I’m still here And I’m not done fighting This is the sound of surviving
These pieces The ones that left me bleeding Intended for my pain Became the gift you gave me I gathered those pieces into a mountain My freedom is in view I’m stronger than I knew
And this hill is not the one I die on I’m going to lift my eyes and I’m going to keep on climbing
I’m still here Say it to the ache, lying there awake Say it to your tears I'm still here Say it to the pain, say it to the rain Say it to your fear
This is the sound of surviving This is my farewell to fear This is my whole heart deciding I’m still here, I’m still here And I’m not done fighting No, I'm not done fighting And I am still rising Rising, I'm still rising And I'm not done fighting This is the sound of surviving
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Sound Of Surviving. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
LYRICS They told me I’d never get to tell my story Too many bullet holes It would take a miracle
These voices Inside my head like poison Trying to steal my hope Silencing my soul
But my story is only now beginning Don’t try to write my ending Nobody gets to sing my song
This is the sound of surviving This is my farewell to fear This is my whole heart deciding I’m still here, I’m still here And I’m not done fighting This is the sound of surviving
These pieces The ones that left me bleeding Intended for my pain Became the gift you gave me I gathered those pieces into a mountain My freedom is in view I’m stronger than I knew
And this hill is not the one I die on I’m going to lift my eyes and I’m going to keep on climbing
I’m still here Say it to the ache, lying there awake Say it to your tears I'm still here Say it to the pain, say it to the rain Say it to your fear
This is the sound of surviving This is my farewell to fear This is my whole heart deciding I’m still here, I’m still here And I’m not done fighting No, I'm not done fighting And I am still rising Rising, I'm still rising And I'm not done fighting This is the sound of surviving
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Sound Of Surviving. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/SE8E6yNicholeNordemanVEVO Live StreamNichole Nordeman2017-11-26 | ...Nichole Nordeman - Dear Me (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2017-08-11 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Dear Me. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/aeGVLTNichole Nordeman - Every Mile Mattered (Song Story)Nichole Nordeman2017-08-04 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Every Mile Mattered. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/4Z3uBENichole Nordeman - Dear Me (Song Story)Nichole Nordeman2017-08-04 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Dear Me. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/RHz9ShNichole Nordeman - Sound Of Surviving (Song Story)Nichole Nordeman2017-08-04 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Sound Of Surviving. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/ONJKOONichole Nordeman - Youre Here (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2017-07-28 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing You're Here. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Here’s to you You were pink or blue And everything I wanted
Here’s to you Never sleeping through From midnight ‘til the morning
Had to crawl before you walked Before you ran Before I knew it You were trying to free your fingers from my hand ‘Cause you could do it on your own now Somehow
But slow down Won’t you stay here a minute more I know you want to walk through the door But it’s all too fast Let’s make it last a little while I pointed to the sky and now you wanna fly I am your biggest fan I hope you know I am Do you think you can somehow Slow down
Here’s to you Every missing tooth And every bedtime story
Here’s to Barbie cars, light saber wars Sleeping in on Sundays
Had to crawl before you walked Before you ran Before I knew it You were teaching me The only thing love can Hold hands through it When it’s scary, you’ve got me
Please don’t roll your eyes at me I know I’m embarrassing But someday you’ll understand You’ll hold a little hand Ask them if they can …
I am your biggest fan I hope you know I am But do you think you can Somehow Slow down
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Slow Down. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
This is where your ship went down Right there Stern and bow You took on waves Took on water You took the blame, even harder
You drug a net across the ocean floor Beer bottles and a broken oar You washed on shore beneath the moon And I’m not sure you want me to But I’ll put you back together
Hush, hush You don’t have to have the answers Hush, hush I will gather all the branches I will light a fire for you Rest your head ‘til you’ve had rest enough Hush, now hush Hush, hush
It’s worse in the light of day It hurts the things they say You wrote big letters in the sand You watch the sky and wave your hands
But I love you if they never come I love you in the scorching sun One cup of water at a time ‘Til you remember you are mine And I will love you back together
One cup of water at a time ‘Til you remember you are mine I am the calm, I am the sea Your rescue and recovery And I am the storm that swallowed you I let you bleed, I thought you knew And I am the bottom, and I am the floor I am the deep you never knew before
I let you sink And I let you go But I caught you in the undertow
And I am the shore And I am the flame And mercy is My name
Hush, hush Hush now
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Hush, Hush. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/nLTfSiNichole Nordeman - Youre Here (Song Story)Nichole Nordeman2017-07-28 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing You're Here. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
This my red sea And my Jericho This is my Philistine And my five stones
But talk is cheap So is bargaining So, here I go
I don’t want to live Like I’m half alive I don’t want to walk Where the road is wide
All this fear that I’ve Been tryin’ to hide Is going to start to show
This is how it’s been Always hesitant
I want to my feel my heart on fire now And let the safety net burn down Throw my arms out wide Let your love collide in me I want to run with my heart on my shirt Straight into the wind, maybe get hurt I thought living safe meant living stronger No longer
There’s a set of keys And a heavy door They can set you free Or lock you in some more If you sing your song I will sing along Let the walls come down
So let’s go find the stars Let’s remember who we are
Afraid, no longer Ashamed, no longer A slave, no longer No longer, no longer I’m stronger, I’m stronger
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing No Longer. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
I hear voices Don’t think that I’m crazy I can hear my heart trying to tell my head, take it easy
Too many choices Too many angles All the loose ends just end up tied up in tangles
Who’s got the floor Who’s got the bullhorn Who’s trying to whisper in my ear Who’s in the street Who’s in the backseat Who’s gonna steer
Listen to your life And what’s on the inside All the other sound, turn it down Listen to your life
Everything’s holy Everything’s sacred Even in the mundane, you’ll find nothing’s wasted
Every heartbeat, beats for One greater Every breath meant to profess your creator Beyond the chatter, beyond the noise There is a stiller, smaller voice Be spellbound, ear to the ground What’s that sound
Let the Spirit flow And let the Spirit show you All that He was meant to Only when you learn to Listen to your life
All the ruckus, all the fuss, and all the noise Find your space, all is grace, know your voice
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Listen To Your Life. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
The heart is a bloom It shoots up through the stony ground There's no room No space to rent in this town
You're out of luck And the reason that you had to care The traffic is stuck And you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend To take you out of this place Someone you could lend a hand In return for grace
It's a beautiful day Sky falls, you feel like It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away
You're on the road But you've got no destination You're in the mud In the maze of her imagination
You're lovin' this town Even if that doesn't ring true You've been all over And it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day
Touch me Take me to that other place Teach me I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you See the canyons broken by cloud See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood all the colors came out
Touch me Take me to that other place Reach me I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now What you don't know you can feel it somehow What you don't have you don't need it now Don't need it now Was a beautiful day
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Beautiful Day. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Trying and tripping and torn Reaching for more, but coming up less Why are my memories of You as the judge, me as the mess
I want the medal Don’t want to settle I want the victory lap, you in the stands
Why is it hard to believe You just want me Just as I am
I could stand I could fall You want all of me I could run I could crawl You will always be You’re not impressed with all of my best Not disappointed when I don’t land on my feet In everything, you are asking me to lean
When did we learn to perform To need the encore To know who we are
When did we forget our place Is not on a stage But safe in your arms
When will I let go Be still and just know When will I see, when will I just believe
You ask me to trust When You say I was enough You made me lean
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Lean. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Into every life A little rain must fall, or so they say We have seen our share Of storms, you might agree
We learned early Don’t hold tightly to the things that might not stay Love what matters And you matter most to me
So when the wind blows in And carries us away This is what we say To every hurricane
Love don’t need a roof Love don’t need four walls You can say my name I’ll come anytime you call So let the storms roll in Let the shingles fly Love is not the fence we built around our lives And anywhere we are, I’m alright
We dig cellars We lay sandbags Board the glass and pack the old van We heed warnings ‘til we’re headed out of town
But we do not always make it We are sometimes overtaken We are not as fast as every funnel cloud
So when the siren sounds and when we close our eyes This is what we say to swirling skies
One day out in the meadow I will stop where the old oak grows I will lay some yellow flowers down for you Or maybe you will lay them down for me And this is what we’ll say to that old tree
Love don’t need a roof Love don’t need four walls You can say my name I’ll come anytime you call So let the branches bend Dance into the wind Whisper every memory to the night ‘Cause anywhere we are, I’m alright
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Anywhere We Are. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
In my younger years I found You beneath the steeple In the faces of Your people Could hear You in the hymns In my younger years
Then later on I met You on a road, once winding Seeking but not always finding With the building gone You still loved me later on
Anywhere You are is sanctuary Everywhere You are is where I'm free
You’re here You’re here The only invitation that You need, is the very air I breathe You’re here You’re here I will never be alone You will be always be my home ‘Cause You’re here
In the same small room Staring at the life I’ve chosen Hoping that the door’s still open To give my heart to You In this same small room
What could separate Me from all the ways You love me Nothing below or above me Could get in the way This is what You say
You were at the altar, preacher’s hand upon my head You were in the water, when I came up clean instead You're still in my story, when my tears fall on the dirt You’re there in the morning, wrapping grace around what hurts
You were in the questions In the silence on the phone You were paying cab fare, making sure I made it home I believed in too far I believed in my worst fear But You were never moving closer, You were only always here
You will always be my home I don't have to be alone Don’t have to be alone You will always be my home
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing You’re Here. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
LYRICS Dear Me … This is a letter to the girl I used to be Dear Me … There are some things that you should know It’s not my intention to embarrass or to shame you What’s inside the rearview mirror is closer than it appears We do the best that we know how, with what we have been given And the difference between you and I is I’ve been given time In time, you’ll see
Dear Me … This is a letter to the girl I used to be Some things are not as simple as we said Remember when we thought there were a handful of some magic words to pray A guarantee and a down payment on a mansion Remember all the rules we made about the Body and the Blood The hoops we made them jump through though He offers it to everyone I’m so sorry
Do you remember now the things I said I thought that I deserved My flag, and safety, a place to learn The things I know I didn’t earn And bless their hearts, I’m sure it’s hard, but handouts don’t help anyone And all the talk about the system I sure hope someone can fix them I said those things
Dear Me … This is a letter to the girl I used to be You’ll see, you’re gonna take the long way And there is nothing you could do or say to separate you From the love of God who made you just exactly as He meant to And you cannot imagine all the places you’ll see Jesus But you’ll find Him everywhere you thought He wasn’t supposed to go So, go … Go …
And hold all the mothers, whose babies bleed from bullet holes And feel all the hunger, the bellies and the bones Shout for the prisoner, cry for justice, loud and long And march with the victims, as Jesus marches on And sit at all the tables, ‘cause Jesus eats with everyone And dance to the music, if you can’t sing its’ native tongue And cry for the wombs, the mothers and the empty arms And hold high the warriors, fighting now for freedoms’ song
And love, love, love, love like it’s your own blood Love, love, love, love as you have been loved
Dear Me … You did not learn this in a day or two or three So ask a lot of questions But Jesus loves us, this I know And there are no exceptions
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Dear Me. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
LYRICS Spread the map on the table With the coffee stain Put your finger on the places Show me where you’ve been
Is that California where your teardrops dried You drew a circle around Georgia, can you tell me why
I see should have beens, could have beens Written all over your face Wrong turns, and bridges burned Things you want to change
It’s history You can’t rewrite it You’re not meant to be trapped inside it Every tear brought you here Every sorrow gathered It’s history But every mile mattered
Get the box off the top shelf With the black and white Snapshots of your old self In a better light Ghosts and regrets back again I can see it in your eyes Send them home, let ‘em go Don’t you think it’s time
Every road and every bend Every bruise and bitter end All you squandered, all you spent It mattered, it mattered Mercy always finds a way To wrap your blisters up in grace Every highway you’d erase It mattered, it mattered
But it’s history It don’t define ya You’re free to leave It all behind ya
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Every Mile Mattered. (C) 2017 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
http://vevo.ly/HcOZq7Nichole Nordeman - Brave (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2016-05-13 | Get “Brave" on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/NNBrave?IQid=vevo SUBSCRIBE to NicholeNordemanVEVO: http://smarturl.it/NicholeVEVOSubscribe Stream/Share on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NicholeNSpotify?IQid=vevo
Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Brave. (C) 2016 Sparrow Records.
http://vevo.ly/tlGUDBNichole Nordeman - Slow Down (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2016-04-29 | The official lyric video for “Slow Down” by Nichole Nordeman from her album, The Unmaking. Get it on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TheUnmaking?IQid=vevo Stream/Share on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NicholeNSpotify?IQid=vevo
LYRICS Here’s to you / You were pink or blue / And everything I wanted / Here’s to you / Never sleeping through / From midnight till the morning / Had to crawl before you walked / Before you ran / Before I knew it / You were trying to free your fingers from my hand / ‘Cause you could it on your own now / Somehow
Slow down / Won’t you stay here a minute more / I know you want to walk through the door / But it’s all too fast / Let’s make it last a little while / I pointed to the sky and now you wanna fly / I am your biggest fan / I hope you know I am / But do you think you can somehow / Slow down
Here’s to you / Every missing tooth / Every bedtime story / Here’s to Barbie cars, light saber wars / Sleeping in on Sunday / Had to crawl / Before you walked / Before you ran / Before I knew it / You were teaching me / The only thing love can / Hold hands through it / When it’s scary, you’ve got me
Please don’t roll your eyes at me / I know I’m embarrassing / But someday you’ll understand / You’ll hold a little hand / Ask them if they can …
I am your biggest fan / I hope you know I am / But do you think you can / Somehow / Slow down
Video by Nichole Nordeman performing Holy. (C) 2015 Sparrow Records.
http://vevo.ly/3FNaNzNichole Nordeman - Slow Down (Audio)Nichole Nordeman2015-10-09 | Get “Slow Down” from The Unmaking on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TheUnmaking?IQid=vevo SUBSCRIBE to NicholeNordemanVEVO: http://smarturl.it/NicholeVEVOSubscribe Stream/Share on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NicholeNSpotify?IQid=vevo
Lyric video by Nichole Nordeman performing The Unmaking. (C) 2015 Sparrow RecordsNichole Nordeman - Be My Rescue (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2013-09-30 | For more information on the My Hope book, album & DVD please visit: http://smarturl.it/MyHopeMoreInfo Find “Be My Rescue” on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MyHopeiTunes Find the album on Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MyHopeAmazon Keep up with Nichole on Facebook: facebook.com/nicholenordemanonline Or visit: http://nicholenordeman.com Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Be My Rescue. (C) 2013 Sparrow RecordsNichole Nordeman - Real (Lyric Video)Nichole Nordeman2013-09-25 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Real. (C) 2013 Sparrow RecordsNichole Nordeman - Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (Look Up) [Lyrics]Nichole Nordeman2013-03-08 | Music video by Nichole Nordeman performing Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (Look Up) [Lyrics]. (P) (C) 2013 Sparrow Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Christian Music Group,