Lyrics
Verse 1
I was a wretch undone
Life in shambles, nowhere to run
Stuck in a world of shame
Everything changed when I called that name
Chorus
Jesus, oh how I love the name
Jesus, something happens when we
Call You, You move
You'll never leave us the same
When we call the name
Verse 2
First time I saw You move
Signs and wonders where in the room
My heart was overwhelmed
Your eyes where on me still
And all of my days I'll shout the name
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Vamp 1
Jesus, call the name
Jesus
Bridge
I was beggar, I was an orphan
I put Your name on it, You put Your name on me
I was a label, no identity
I put Your name on it, You put Your name on me
I was sinner, thought it was over
I put Your name on it, You put Your name on me
I was a label, no identity
I put Your name on it, You put Your name on me
Chorus (Repeat)
Jesus, oh how I love the name
Jesus, something happens when we
Call You, You move
You'll never leave us the same
Something happens when we
Call You, You move
You'll never leave us the same
You put Your name on me
Bridge (Repeat)
Vamp 2
You put Your name on me
You put Your name on me
You put Your name on me
Something happens when we
Call You, You move
And You'll never leave us the same
Something happens when we
Call You, You move
And You'll never leave us the same
We call the name Jesus
We call the name Jesus
We call the name Jesus
We call the name Jesus
Vamp 3
Consistency in the name Jesus
Consistency in the name Jesus
Power in the name of Jesus
Healing in the name of Jesus
Oh how I love, oh how I love the name Jesus
Oh how I love, oh how I love the name Jesus
Oh how I love, oh how I love the name Jesus
Jesus
Vamp 4 (Repeat)
'Cause there is power, power
Wonder-working power in the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power
Wonder-working power in the precious blood of the Lamb
Just put Your name
Outro
You put Your name on me
You put Your name on me
You put Your name on me
You changed my name (x8)
Something happens when we
Call You, You move
And You'll never leave us the same
(Repeat x3)
You put Your name on me
My life is a testimony
You put Your name on me
Gave me a new name
You put Your name on me
You broke the curtain
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Put Your Name On Me" opens with blunt self-description, calling the singer a wretch, undone, and stuck in shame, before crediting one specific action, calling on the name of Jesus, with changing everything that followed. The chorus keeps returning to that name, describing genuine movement and lasting change each time it is called rather than treating repetition as filler. A later verse lists former identities directly, beggar, orphan, a label without identity, sinner who assumed it was over, each one answered by the same repeated exchange: something was surrendered, and God's name was placed there instead. That exchange functions as the song's central theological claim, adoption and renaming replacing shame and anonymity. Later sections shift from personal testimony to communal declaration, repeating that there is power specifically in the blood of the Lamb, tying the name being praised to the sacrifice that makes the renaming possible. Structurally the song builds through accumulating repetition, letting each return of the chorus and vamp reinforce the same claim: an old identity was surrendered, and a new one was given instead.
Related Scripture
- Acts 4:12 States that salvation is found in no other name than Jesus, matching the song's central focus on calling His name.
- Ephesians 1:5 Describes being predestined for adoption as children, matching the lyric about being an orphan who received God's name.
- Philippians 2:9 Describes God giving Jesus the name above every name, matching the song's repeated focus on the power of that name.