[Verse 1]
There's a tide inside that nobody gets to see,
A soft current running underneath the surface quietly,
You walk in bold, the first one through the door,
But the ocean in your chest holds so much more,
You carry every word like it was born to last,
A mind alive with stories rooted deep in the past,

[PreChorus]
You've been pouring yourself out since you learned how to give,
But there's a whole ocean in you that deserves room to live,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
Sheri, you were never ordinary, never quite the same,
The calm they see is just the shore, the depth belongs to you,
You are held by something ancient, and it's always been true,

[Verse 2]
You love like shelter, like a quiet steady light,
The kind that keeps the door unlocked all through the night,
But somewhere in the giving you forgot to ask,
If anyone was holding you behind the mask,
You longed for balance, for the kind of peace that stays,
But you were building harmony through all your harder days,

[PreChorus]
The scale you've always carried doesn't have to tip alone,
You were made for belonging and you have always been home,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
Sheri, you were never ordinary, never quite the same,
The calm they see is just the shore, the depth belongs to you,
You are held by something ancient, and it's always been true,

[Verse 3]
You've crossed the kind of distances that leave no map behind,
A philosopher, a dreamer with a mountain-steady mind,
You've earned every conviction through the long and winding climb,
And every time the world said wait, you moved in your own time,
The pain you thought was weakness was just proof of what you've known,
That the ones who feel it deepest are the ones who've truly grown,

[PreChorus]
The cosmos didn't write you small, it wrote you wide and deep,
You are the kind of person that the universe chose to keep,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
Sheri, you were never ordinary, never quite the same,
The calm they see is just the shore, the depth belongs to you,
You are held by something ancient, and it's always been true,

[Bridge]
You don't have to earn the right to rest inside your own skin,
Every wall you built for safety is where the light got in,
You are not too much, you are not too soft, you are not too wide,
You are every tide and ember, and the whole sky lives inside,

[Outro]
The stars mapped you carefully with ink that never fades,
You are rooted, you are radiant, you are made for all your days,
Every part of you is purposeful, every scar a sacred line,
You were always the answer, you were always the sign,