Anxiety says you’re alone. What if that’s a lie?
Racing thoughts at 2 a.m. feel like they’ll never quiet down. Ash Wiseman knows that spiral well — she wrote “I Know a Man” while wrestling with anxiety, that sense of carrying “the weight of the world” with nowhere to set it down. The song opens with exhaustion: “Stuck in my head, spinning round like a ceiling fan.” Sound familiar? Most of us have lain awake at night, losing sleep to what the song calls “anxious pace.”
But the song doesn’t stay there. It turns, and asks a better question: “I wonder where my help comes from.” That question echoes Psalm 23, written by a shepherd-king who understood the real trouble we face. David wasn’t writing from a mountaintop. He wrote from his valleys, facing real danger, and still he declared, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul” (Psalm 23:1–3, ESV).
Notice what restored David’s soul. Not a fixed circumstance. The Lord, present and near. Jesus makes this personal. Look at the birds outside of your window, the wildflowers along the road — He designed every detail of them, and clothes them in color without effort. If He tends creation that carefully, then why would/could He forget you? Your anxious thoughts don’t disqualify you from His care; they’re an invitation into His care. Let go of what you can’t carry. He has already offered to carry it for you.
Give this song a listen. May it remind you that His goodness and mercy are following you, right now, in whatever valley (or mountain top) you’re walking. “He’ll never leave.”
(Related scripture: Psalm 23:1-3; Matthew 6:26; 1 Peter 5:7)
Background:
Anxiety has a way of making the smallest things feel so much bigger than they are. It fills your mind with racing thoughts, steals your peace, and makes it hard to see beyond what's right in front of you. We wrote I Know a Man as a reminder of where our peace actually comes from.
While we were writing, we kept coming back to Psalm 23. I love that David doesn't write it from a place where everything is perfect. He writes about a Shepherd who leads us beside still waters, restores our souls, and stays with us even in the valleys. His presence is what gives us peace, not our circumstances.
Jesus also points us to the birds and the flowers. They're simple reminders that our Father is paying attention to every detail. If He cares for all of creation, how much more does He care for us?
This song is about lifting our eyes from the noise in our heads and fixing them on the Shepherd. We don't have to carry every burden or solve every problem on our own. We know a Man who goes before us, walks beside us, and promises He'll never leave us.
Release date: August 28, 2026
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