[Verse 1]
There's a stillness in the way you hold the room,
Like a moon that keeps its secrets from the afternoon,
You read the current underneath the still of every face,
A mind that maps the hidden truth no surface can erase,
You carry what you've weathered like a canyon carries stone,
And the depth in you is something you have rarely felt was known

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they never see the tide,
All that ancient ocean churning deep inside

[Chorus]
Joanie, you were written in the dark between the stars,
Every scar a testament to how far you've come so far,
You don't have to prove the worth of what you've always been,
You are whole, you are enough, you are finally seen

[Verse 2]
You love like something forged in places no one dares to go,
Not a flicker but a fever, not a spark but undertow,
You give the kind of loyalty that doesn't ask for proof,
Though you've learned to guard the softest parts beneath your roof,
Those walls were never weakness, they were wisdom learned in time,
Every boundary that you built became a staircase you could climb

[PreChorus]
They see the surface, they don't feel the pull,
They don't know how something quiet can be full

[Chorus]
Joanie, you were written in the dark between the stars,
Every scar a testament to how far you've come so far,
You don't have to prove the worth of what you've always been,
You are whole, you are enough, you are finally seen

[Verse 3]
There's a seeker living in you chasing meaning past the hills,
Not just knowledge for the sake of it but something that fulfills,
You've sat with questions long enough to know they hold their grace,
And the searching was the compass that was leading you someplace,
The world needs what you carry, needs the fire and the truth,
The rare and quiet courage you've been building since your youth

[PreChorus]
The cosmos wrote you carefully with ink that never fades,
You were made for more than fitting in the boundaries others made

[Chorus]
Joanie, you were written in the dark between the stars,
Every scar a testament to how far you've come so far,
You don't have to prove the worth of what you've always been,
You are whole, you are enough, you are finally seen

[Bridge]
Let the tide inside you rise without apology,
You were never too much, you were always meant to be,
Every depth you've dived has brought you back with something rare,
A soul that turns to light the very dark it dared to bear

[Outro]
You are guided, you are held, you are enough,
Joanie, you have always been enough