[Verse 1]
There's an ocean underneath the still you show the world,
Tides that only you can feel, deep and dark and curled,
You read a room before you've crossed the threshold of the door,
You feel what no one's saying, and you carry what they store,
The calm they see is just the surface of the sea,
And what runs underneath is where you've always had to be

[PreChorus]
You've lived inside the depths where others dare not go,
And everything you've swallowed down has made you more, not less, whole

[Chorus]
You are the tide that shapes the ancient stone,
A living flame that burns when you're alone,
The dark was never punishment — it was your school,
And there is nothing hollow, nothing missing, nothing to prove

[Verse 2]
You love like something written in a language without words,
All or nothing, soul to soul, nothing in between is heard,
You've built a wall around the parts you're not sure they can hold,
But the ones worth keeping always want the parts you've never told,
You give before they ask, you feel before they speak,
That depth you call a burden is the very thing they seek

[PreChorus]
You've been afraid that wanting more than surfaces means you're too much,
But needing something real was never greed — it was trust

[Chorus]
You are the tide that shapes the ancient stone,
A living flame that burns when you're alone,
The dark was never punishment — it was your school,
And there is nothing hollow, nothing missing, nothing to prove

[Verse 3]
You've questioned whether showing up was ever quite enough,
Whether being soft inside a world this hard was just too tough,
But that tenderness you guard so close has healing in its hands,
And every truth you've ever held has helped somebody stand,
Your mind cuts through the noise like light through clouded glass,
You see what's permanent in people long before the moment's passed

[PreChorus]
There's a compass in your chest that always finds its north,
The world does not need less of you — it needs you to come forth

[Chorus]
You are the tide that shapes the ancient stone,
A living flame that burns when you're alone,
The dark was never punishment — it was your school,
And there is nothing hollow, nothing missing, nothing to prove

[Verse 4]
The path you're on is wider than the edges that you see,
Beyond the need to fix and perfect and analyze and be,
There's a version of you resting in the spaces between thought,
Not proving, not performing — just alive with all you've got,
The stars did not arrange themselves and then forget your name,
You were written into something far too ancient for a frame

[PreChorus]
Let the mystery hold you, let the known dissolve and clear,
Everything you're moving toward has always been right here

[Chorus]
You are the tide that shapes the ancient stone,
A living flame that burns when you're alone,
The dark was never punishment — it was your school,
And there is nothing hollow, nothing missing, nothing to prove

[Bridge]
You don't have to earn the right to finally rest,
The cosmos carved you careful, carved you whole, carved you blessed,
Every depth you've dived into was pulling you toward light,
You were never broken, love — you were becoming right

[Outro]
So let the tide come in and let the tide roll free,
You were never too much — you were always meant to be,
The universe does not make mistakes with souls like yours,
You are enough, completely, right down to the core