[Verse 1]
It's two in the morning
And I'm still awake in my bed
And I can't shake these lies that keep reading
Around in my he-head
What if I saw me, the way that You see me?
What if I believed it was true?
What if I traded, this shame and self-hatred?
For a chance at believing You
That You knit me together
In my mother's womb
And You say that I've never been
Hidden from You
And You say that I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
You search me and know me
You know when I sit, when I rise
So You must know the choices I've, made
And the pain that I hi-hide
What if I saw me, the way that You see me?
What if I believed it was true?
What if I traded, this shame and self-hatred?
For a chance at believing You
'Cause You knit me together
In my mother's womb
And You say that I've never been
Hidden from You
And You say that I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
And Your eyes, they have seen me
Before I was born
And You know all the good things
That You made me for
And I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
Oo-oo, oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-ooh
Oo-oo, oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-oooh
And when I consider; the Heavens above
Ohhh what is man, that You're mindful of us?
Still You say that we're wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
And You promise that You'll never leave me, oh Lord
Oh that You hem me in, both behind and before
And I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
And You knit me together
In my mother's womb
And You say that I've never been
Hidden from You
And You say that I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
And Your eyes, they have seen me
Before I was born
And You know all the good things
That You made me for
And I'm wonderfully
Wo-onderfully made
Wonderfully made...
Help me believe it
Help me to see me
Just like You see me
Just like You made me
Wonderfully ma-ade
Yay-ay-ayy, ay-ayy
Oo-oo, oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-ooh
Help me believe it
Help me to see me
Just like You see me
Just like You made me
Wonderfully ma-ade
Yay-ay-ay
Wonderfully Made
Song Meaning
Ellie Holcomb sets "Wonderfully Made" almost entirely in the words of Psalm 139 rather than paraphrasing it loosely — "You knit me together in my mother's womb, and You say that I've never been hidden from You" repeats the psalm's own claim nearly verbatim as the song's central image. "You search me and know me, You know when I sit, when I rise" keeps that same specific source close rather than generalizing it into a vaguer statement about God's awareness.
"What if I saw me, the way that You see me? What if I traded this shame and self-hatred for a chance at believing You" names the actual obstacle directly — not disbelief in God, but disbelief in what God says about her specifically. The repeated stutter on "wo-onderfully made" mimics the difficulty of getting the word out at all.
"Help me believe it, help me to see me, just like You see me" closes the song as a request rather than an achieved conviction — the psalm's claim is quoted with confidence, but believing it personally is left as the thing still being asked for.