[Verse 1]
There's a fire in the way you move through the world,
A flag of quiet courage, never quite unfurled,
You carry the weight of things you never say,
And build your worth in stone while others look away,
The crowd sees the boldness, the steady, certain flame,
But few have ever seen the doubt that wears your name

[PreChorus]
You've spent so long proving you deserve your place,
When you were always meant to lead with grace

[Chorus]
Carol, you were written in the rushing of the tide,
Every scar a latitude, every wound a guide,
You don't have to earn the light you've always been,
Carol, you are more than anyone has seen

[Verse 2]
Your mind moves like weather, quick and silver-bright,
A thousand open questions burning through the night,
You love like something ancient, oceanic, wide,
A dream that gives itself before it checks the tide,
You've lost yourself in others, poured until you're dry,
And smiled through the dissolving without asking why

[PreChorus]
But every word you carry, every truth you hold,
Is a gift the world still needs before it's fully told

[Chorus]
Carol, you were written in the rushing of the tide,
Every scar a latitude, every wound a guide,
You don't have to earn the light you've always been,
Carol, you are more than anyone has seen

[Verse 3]
You've walked the long road steady, one deliberate breath,
Built something real and lasting out of doubt and depth,
The path was never easy and the climb was steep,
But roots like yours grow strongest in the ground that's deep,
You're not here to fit a shape that someone else designed,
You were always meant to leave the kind of mark that lasts in time

[PreChorus]
The universe laid down your bones with so much care,
And every step you've taken was already written there

[Chorus]
Carol, you were written in the rushing of the tide,
Every scar a latitude, every wound a guide,
You don't have to earn the light you've always been,
Carol, you are more than anyone has seen

[Bridge]
You are held in something older than your fear,
The compass in your chest has always known from here,
Stop running from the version that was always true,
The world has been waiting on the fullness that is you

[Outro]
You are not a work in progress, you are whole,
Carol, you were always more than what they know