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Listen To Your Life

By Nichole Nordeman

611 views Sep 14, 2026 updated Every Mile Mattered album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Nichole Nordeman opens inside real noise — competing voices, too many choices, "all the loose ends just end up tied up in tangles." She names the confusion honestly before asking the real question underneath it: "who's trying to whisper in my ear" among everyone shouting for attention.

Her answer isn't to add another voice to the mix — it's to quiet the rest: "listen to your life, and what's on the inside, all the other sound, turn it down." Nordeman insists the ordinary and the sacred aren't separate categories — "everything's holy, everything's sacred, even in the mundane, you'll find nothing's wasted."

Elijah finds God not in the wind or earthquake but in "a still small voice" in 1 Kings 19:12, and the psalmist is told to "be still, and know that I am God" in Psalm 46:10. Nordeman's repeated instruction works the same way that stillness did for Elijah — not the addition of noise, but the courage to turn everything else down.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse 1]

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


[Verse 2]

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


[Chorus]

Listen to your life

And what's on the inside

All the other sound, turn it down

Listen to your life


[Verse 3]

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


[Verse 4]

Beyond the chatter, beyond the noise

There is a stiller, smaller voice

Be spellbound, ear to the ground

What's that sound


[Chorus]

Listen to your life

And what's on the inside

All the other sound, turn it down

Listen to your life


[Chorus]

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


[Verse 5]

All the ruckus, all the fuss, and all the noise

Find your space, all is grace, know your voice

All the ruckus, all the fuss, and all the noise

Find your space, all is grace, know your voice


[Chorus]

Listen to your life

And what's on the inside

All the other sound, turn it down

Listen to your life


[Chorus]

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

Listen to your life

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