[Verse 1]
She keeps her house in order, every corner clean and tight,
But there's a wilderness inside her no one sees at night,
She measures every word before she lets it leave her tongue,
Carrying ancient knowing in a soul that won't grow numb,
They see the surface steady, they don't see the undertow,
All those fathoms running quiet in the dark below

[PreChorus]
She was built for more than proving she belongs,
The world she holds together made her this strong

[Chorus]
Maria, you are the tide and the stone,
The kind of light that finds you when you're all alone,
Every crack you've carried holds a quiet fire,
Maria, you were written by something higher

[Verse 2]
She loves like she means it, grand and warm and wide,
But she'll slow her heart to nothing before she lets you inside,
Not from want of feeling, she feels everything too much,
It's the fear of being ordinary in somebody's touch,
She fights for everyone she loves before she fights for her,
A guardian made of tenderness, a quiet conqueror

[PreChorus]
She was built for more than proving she belongs,
The world she holds together made her this strong

[Chorus]
Maria, you are the tide and the stone,
The kind of light that finds you when you're all alone,
Every crack you've carried holds a quiet fire,
Maria, you were written by something higher

[Verse 3]
There's a Capricorn moon that asks her to be useful, to be sure,
But even mountains need the rain to keep themselves alive and pure,
Her mind moves like a river, clear and restless, always wide,
Turning over stones for meaning on the ever-changing tide,
She's a story not yet finished, a compass still in motion,
Deep enough to hold the sky and wide enough for oceans

[PreChorus]
She was built for more than proving she belongs,
The world she holds together made her this strong

[Chorus]
Maria, you are the tide and the stone,
The kind of light that finds you when you're all alone,
Every crack you've carried holds a quiet fire,
Maria, you were written by something higher

[Bridge]
Let the need to be enough finally rest its case,
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet or the sky above your face,
The cosmos laid you down with care and woke you up with grace,
You are whole in every season, every season has its place

[Outro]
Maria, lay your armor down and breathe,
You are every root, you are every leaf,
You are already everything you need to be