[Verse 1]
He feels the tide before the storm rolls in,
Reads the room like weather on his skin,
Carries oceans underneath a steady face,
Holding everyone else's weight with quiet grace,
The kind of mind that won't leave a question still,
A heart that gives before the asking, and it always will

[PreChorus]
But the weight of all those hidden rooms
Has a name, and it belongs to you

[Chorus]
Carl, you are the deep and the shore,
More than you've let yourself believe before,
The sky was mapped the night you came to be,
You were written by something larger than the sea

[Verse 2]
He built his worth from stone when none was given,
Every doubt became the engine that he's driven,
Speaks in poetry when words should be enough,
Translates the world through layers, soft and tough,
He's stood where beauty meets the need for justice there,
Moved like the tide — deliberate, precise, and rare

[PreChorus]
He's earned each scar the hard and quiet way,
And every one of them has something true to say

[Chorus]
Carl, you are the deep and the shore,
More than you've let yourself believe before,
The sky was mapped the night you came to be,
You were written by something larger than the sea

[Verse 3]
He wanders wide to find the meaning in it all,
Finds himself in philosophy and distant calls,
His loyalty runs deeper than the ones who see,
The warmth he gives so freely — royal, bright, and free,
He's walked alone through rooms no one else could find,
And come back carrying light inside a transformed mind

[PreChorus]
The road ahead already knows your name,
You don't have to outrun the dark to stake your claim

[Chorus]
Carl, you are the deep and the shore,
More than you've let yourself believe before,
The sky was mapped the night you came to be,
You were written by something larger than the sea

[Bridge]
The universe didn't make you by mistake,
Every fracture was a doorway in the dark,
You don't need permission to take up space,
The cosmos put a compass in your heart

[Outro]
Carl, let the tide come in,
You were whole before the world began,
The moon knew you — and it always will,
You were enough, you are enough still