[Verse 1]
She carries the tide behind a steady face,
Warm enough to fill the coldest empty space,
Her words land like sunlight breaking through the door,
A mind always reaching, always wanting more,
They see the glow, they don't see the undertow,
The ocean inside her, the depths they'll never know

[PreChorus]
She gives before she's asked, she loves before it's named,
She holds the whole room up while hiding her own pain

[Chorus]
Elaine, you are the fire and the flood,
The leonine heart and the Cancer blood,
You don't have to burn to prove that you belong,
You were written by the cosmos, whole and strong

[Verse 2]
She's tried a thousand times to make her voice make sense,
Built every explanation like a careful, fragile fence,
But the words that heal the world live in her throat,
Every story she has swallowed wants to float,
The wounds she keeps in silence are the ones that teach,
The very things she hides are what the searching need to reach

[PreChorus]
She's learning that her worth isn't earned through what she proves,
That the ground beneath her feet moves when she moves

[Chorus]
Elaine, you are the fire and the flood,
The leonine heart and the Cancer blood,
You don't have to burn to prove that you belong,
You were written by the cosmos, whole and strong

[Verse 3]
She loves like something ancient, wide and true,
Like the first warm light that ever found its way through,
She aches to be both free and fully held,
To build a home from everything she's felt,
The compass in her chest has always known the way,
She was never lost, just finding words to say

[PreChorus]
The world needs what she carries, every quiet, burning part,
There's a map no one can read except her heart

[Chorus]
Elaine, you are the fire and the flood,
The leonine heart and the Cancer blood,
You don't have to burn to prove that you belong,
You were written by the cosmos, whole and strong

[Bridge]
Every wall she built was also proof she survived,
Every time she bent, she came back more alive,
She doesn't need permission, she was always enough,
She was made from ancient water and undying love

[Outro]
The stars don't write in accident or chance,
They chose her, they kept her, they knew in advance,
She is held in something bigger than the dark,
The universe has always known her heart