Elevation Worship + Brandon Lake - I Know A Name Lyrics
Lyrics
I know a Name
That can silence roaring waves
I know a Name
That can empty out a grave
I know a Name
It’s the only Name that saves
And it’s worthy of all praise
I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Healer
Risen and reigning in power
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Savior
Worthy of glory forever
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call Your Name
I have a King
With dominion over death
He holds the keys
In his Holy nail-scarred hands
He is the heel
That has crushed the serpent’s head
Our resurrected Great I Am
I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Healer
Risen and reigning in power
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Savior
Worthy of glory forever
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call Your Name
Chains break
Dry bones wake
Every time I call Your Name
The gates of hell shake
Every time I call Your Name
Chains break
Dry bones wake
Every time I call Your Name
The gates of hell shake
Every time I call Your Name
Every time I call Your Name
Where oh death is now your sting
And where oh grave your victory
Where oh death is now your sting
Where oh grave your victory
And where oh death is now your sting
And where oh grave your victory
Dead things come alive
Dead things come alive
Dead things come alive
In the Name of Jesus
I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Healer
Risen and reigning in power
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call You Jesus
I call You, I call You Savior
Worthy of glory forever
Something comes out of the grave
Every time I call Your Name
Written by: Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Jacob Sooter, Hank Bentley
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I Know A Name | Elevation Worship & Brandon Lake
Meaning & Inspiration
Elevation Worship and Brandon Lake dropped I Know A Name on June 13, 2025, as a standout track from their album King Of Hearts. It hits you right between the eyes because it stops trying to be clever and starts being biblical. We spend so much time overcomplicating our faith, but this song brings us back to the singular, terrifying, and beautiful authority found in the name of Jesus. When they sing about a name that can silence roaring waves, they are pointing us straight to the Sea of Galilee where the Creator of the universe silenced the storm with a mere command, revealing that nature itself bows to His divinity.
The lyrics move quickly into the reality of the resurrection, specifically that empty grave. It is not just a nice idea; it is the core of our salvation. Acts 4:12 tells us there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved, and these lyrics mirror that truth by placing all our hope in that specific, singular title. When they talk about the King who holds the keys in His nail-scarred hands, they are looking directly at Revelation 1:18, where Christ declares He holds the keys of Death and Hades. That is the point. He did not just visit death; He conquered it and walked out with the keys, proving His dominion is total.
The imagery of crushing the serpent's head takes us all the way back to Genesis 3:15, the first promise of the Gospel. That ancient prophecy finds its fulfillment in the resurrected Great I Am. This is why the song insists that something comes out of the grave every time we call on Him. It is a bold, maybe even provocative claim, but if we truly believe that the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in us, then we should expect to see dead things come alive in our marriages, our communities, and our secret struggles. When they shout that the gates of hell shake, they are standing on Matthew 16:18, reminding us that the church is an offensive force because we belong to a King who cannot be contained by dirt or stone. Death has no claim on a child of the King, and the sting of the grave is rendered toothless by the authority of the only Name that matters.