Maverick City Music - Mary Did You Know? Lyrics
Released: 30 Nov 2021
Lyrics
Mary did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know
That your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy
Has come to make you new?
This child that you delivered will soon deliver you
Mary did you know
That your baby boy would give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know
That your baby boy would calm the storms with His hands?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kissed your little baby, you′ve kissed the face of God
Mary did you know? (Did you know what was inside of you?)
The blind will see
And the deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
And the dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb
The blind will see
And the deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
And the dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb
Mary did you know
That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know
That your baby boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is Heaven's perfect lamb
And that sleeping child you′re holding is the great I am
He is the great I am (Oh yes He is the great I am)
He is the great I am
He's always been the great I am
Even as a little baby He has been the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
He is the great I am
Mary did you know
Did you know what was inside you?
Mary did you know
I know it caused great hurt and isolation
Did you realize what was inside of you
Mary did you know
I know they put you away and casted you away
They didn't understand but Mary did you know
Did you know what the greatness was inside of you
Now I ask myself Chandler do I know
Do you know what′s inside of you?
Do you know what′s inside of you?
Do you know what's inside of you?
It may hurt, maybe painful
But greatness is inside of you
Greatness is inside of you (You may be in a season right now)
Mary did you know
When the Lord has something inside of you
He′s gonna shake the earth
And you may be hurting, you may be crying
Pillows wet with tears
But what the Lord has placed inside of you
What the Lord has placed inside of you
Will change generations after generations, generations after generations
They may not understand right now
They may think you're in a hole right now
They may think you′re in a dark season right now
But greatness is inside of you
Don't abort it, don′t kill it
It's inside of you
Don't forfeit it, it′s inside of you
Don′t give it up, it's inside of you
This process is necessary Mary
This process is necessary Mary
It′s inside of you
It's inside of you
That story, it′s inside of you
That book, it's inside of you
That song, it′s inside of you
That child, it's inside of you
Don't let it go, don′t let it go hold on
Don′t let it go, don't let it go hold on
Don′t let it go, don't let it go hold on hold on Mary
Hold on Mary, through the shame hold on Mary
Through the condemnation hold on Mary
It′s inside of you
Glory is to come, if you just hold on
Glory is to come, if you just hold on
Glory is to come, if you just hold on
Oh glory is to come, if you just hold on
'Cause glory is inside of you
Glory is inside of you
Glory is inside of you
Glory is inside of you
Just hold on, just hold on
Don′t let go, don't give up
Just hold on, just hold on
Don't let go, don′t give up
Just hold on, ′cause glory is inside of you
Video
Mary Did You Know? (feat. Chandler Moore & Lizzie Morgan) | Maverick City Music
Meaning & Inspiration
The line that keeps snagging in my mind—not as a melodic hook, but as a jagged bit of theological friction—is the simple phrase: “This child that you delivered will soon deliver you.”
On the surface, it’s a clever bit of wordplay, the kind of pivot that makes a song feel complete. We get the literal act of childbirth, then we shift the focus to the soteriological act of salvation. It feels tidy. But if you actually sit with the logistics of it, the line is terrifying. It’s a complete inversion of human biology and divine order. A mother is supposed to protect, nurture, and deliver a child into the world. To suggest that the infant is the one who performs the rescue is a total subversion of the maternal role.
In Maverick City Music’s take on this classic, the weight of that delivery lands hard. You picture Mary—not the stained-glass icon, but the teenager in a dusty, unforgiving Middle Eastern town. She is carrying a secret that, in her culture, looked like scandal. The lyrics move away from the static, serene manger scene and start poking at the social cost of her "delivery." When the narrator pivots to “I know it caused great hurt and isolation,” the song stops being a polite Christmas carol and starts feeling like a confrontation.
It’s easy to read "deliver" through a Sunday School lens, picturing a bright light and a choir of angels. But Exodus 3, when Moses meets the burning bush, defines God as the one who comes down to deliver his people from the hand of the Egyptians. He is the active, liberating force. Mary, however, is a vessel. She is a collaborator in a high-stakes, dangerous mission.
The tension here is whether we view our own calling as a gift or a trauma. If you have ever felt like you were carrying something—a vision, a calling, a creative burden—that caused others to "cast you away," you know the specific flavor of isolation mentioned in the bridge. Chandler Moore’s ad-libs break the fourth wall, turning the song into an uncomfortable self-assessment. He asks, “Do you know what’s inside of you?”
This isn't just about Mary anymore. It’s about the terrifying responsibility of carrying something from God that nobody else can see yet. The song posits that the "process" of carrying that weight is necessary, even when it feels like being buried alive.
I’m left wondering if the "delivery" is worth the isolation. The song argues that the greatness, the glory, is worth the pain of the birth. Maybe. But there’s a persistent, quiet doubt left hanging in the air: can we actually survive the delivery of what’s inside us, or will it leave us broken in the process? The song screams for us to hold on, but it doesn't promise that the holding on won't hurt. It just insists that the baby is, in fact, the Savior. You either believe the Deliverer is worth the delivery, or you don't.