Sound of Surviving - Nichole Nordeman

This song is nothing resembling new, but for some reason I stumbled upon it a few nights ago and haven't been able to shake it. It feels so much like my story - too many bullet holes, knowing it would take a miracle. The voices from the past poisoning my present, silencing what is inside of me.

    But my story is only now beginning

    Don't try to write my ending

    Nobody gets to sing my song

That last line: nobody gets to sing my song. It gets me every time. Do you hear it as nobody gets to sing my song? or that nobody gets to sing my song. Nobody but me and Jesus gets to sing our song. The story is only just beginning, the story to come is even bigger, even better. The ending to this song is yet to be written because I've turned the pen over to the author of life, the author of the greatest story ever told.

    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

I'm deciding I'm still here, and I'm not done fighting. This is the sound of surviving.

Have you ever been in a place where ending your story felt like a good idea? Like the story was over, that you should remove yourself from the story? Friends, I know the depth of that pain. I have been there. Can I tell you that your story isn't over yet? 

    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

Say it. Over and over. I'm still here. God is still here. I can survive and get through this. Because God has put a strength in me that is bigger than I knew. And when you come out on the other side you will be stronger because of it. Those pieces that left you bleeding, that were intended for your pain will become the gift. A marker, a place to look back and see what God has brought you through. You can't see it now. But reach out. There are those around you that can. God created us to be together. Call someone. Call a friend. Call a family member. Call me. Make the decision to be here.

    This is my whole heart deciding

    I'm still here, I'm still here

    And I'm not done fighting

Decide today. Be still here. And don't give up fighting. It's not the end. It's only the beginning.

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

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

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

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Nichole Nordeman / Tommee Profitt

Sound Of Surviving lyrics © Birdwing Music, Birdboy Songs, Capitol Cmg Genesis, Tommee Profitt Songs