[Verse 1]
Mary lay your baby down
The tiny little King
Your arms will act as His first crown
As you rock Him fast to sleep
He has come to shine the light for men
He has heard their desperate cry
But for now hold Him close to you
Your heart is His first lul-laby
[Chorus]
Bring glory bring glory to His name
For soon He will sing the song of salvation
One day every knee will bow
But you just hold Him now
For you have been given
The Prince of heaven
[Verse 2]
Mary see your baby now He has grown into a man
The ones that felt they had no hope
Now have found their hope in Him
He has caused the lame to leap
And He has caused the dead to rise
But all you see when you look at Him
Is the Child you held that winter night
[Chorus]
Bring glory bring glory to His name
For soon He will sing the song of salvation
One day every knee will bow
But you just hold Him now
For you have been given
The Prince of heaven
[Verse 3]
Mary now the time has come Your Son is on the cross
Though many felt pain that day None compared to what you lost
The Prince that you once had held Is now inside the grave
But Mary, child lift up your head For the stone has been rolled away
So bring glory bring glory to His name
Can't you hear the people sing the song of His salvation!
And now, every knee will bow
For He has been crowned
The King of every nation
Prince of heaven
Prince Of Heaven
Song Meaning
Influence Music tells the whole gospel story in "Prince Of Heaven" by addressing Mary directly at three different moments rather than narrating events in the third person. The first verse stays impossibly small and tender — "Mary, lay your baby down... your heart is His first lullaby" — before the second verse jumps decades ahead to a grown man who "caused the lame to leap, and caused the dead to rise," while Mary still sees "the Child you held that winter night" whenever she looks at Him.
The third verse doesn't soften the crucifixion to protect the song's emotional register — "though many felt pain that day, none compared to what you lost" names Mary's grief specifically rather than folding it into a general statement about sin and sacrifice. "The stone has been rolled away" arrives as address rather than announcement, spoken directly to the one person in the story who watched every stage of it happen.
The repeated "bring glory to His name... every knee will bow" closes each section on the same note, treating worship as the appropriate response whether the scene is a manger, a miracle, or an empty tomb.