[Verse 1]
Two minds live inside one chest, both fighting for the floor,
A curious soul that hungers wide but quietly wants more,
You read the room before they speak, you feel the shift in air,
Then fold it all behind your smile like nobody was there,
You've carried mountains dressed as calm, a fortress built with grace,
And learned to earn your right to breathe before you'd claim your space,

[PreChorus]
But there's a tide beneath the still, a current running true,
The world sees half the story — it has never seen all you,

[Chorus]
Terry, you are more than all the roles you've had to wear,
A mind that catches fire and a heart that learned to bear,
You've been the one who holds it all without a word of need,
Terry, you were built to rise — and that's exactly what you'll be,

[Verse 2]
You love like something ancient rooted deep beneath the ground,
You'll build a home inside your chest for those you've found,
But love came wrapped in lessons that you had to learn alone,
The push and pull of needing warmth and standing like a stone,
You gave before they asked you to and asked for almost less,
That isn't weakness — it's the mark of someone who loves best,

[PreChorus]
The depth you hold in quiet rooms, the fire behind the still,
Is not a contradiction — it's the fullness of your will,

[Chorus]
Terry, you are more than all the roles you've had to wear,
A mind that catches fire and a heart that learned to bear,
You've been the one who holds it all without a word of need,
Terry, you were built to rise — and that's exactly what you'll be,

[Verse 3]
There's a thinker in you mapping paths that haven't opened yet,
Turning over every stone to find the truth not found in text,
You've questioned what they handed you and fashioned something real,
Rebuilt the frame of what you knew around what you could feel,
And every time the ground gave way you found a steadier ground,
That's not someone lost — that's someone who was always being found,

[PreChorus]
The questions that have kept you up have shaped the way you see,
A mind like yours was never meant for ordinary peace,

[Chorus]
Terry, you are more than all the roles you've had to wear,
A mind that catches fire and a heart that learned to bear,
You've been the one who holds it all without a word of need,
Terry, you were built to rise — and that's exactly what you'll be,

[Verse 4]
You don't need to prove the worth that lived in you before the test,
The universe put something rare and irreplaceable in your chest,
There's a compass you were born with pointing somewhere true and far,
Beyond the noise of who they said you were or weren't or are,
Let the one who hides the ache be held by something greater now,
You don't have to carry everything — you never had to vow,

[PreChorus]
The cosmos wrote you carefully with ink that doesn't fade,
You are not what you've survived — you're everything it made,

[Chorus]
Terry, you are more than all the roles you've had to wear,
A mind that catches fire and a heart that learned to bear,
You've been the one who holds it all without a word of need,
Terry, you were built to rise — and that's exactly what you'll be,

[Bridge]
Let the old proof go — you don't need it anymore,
The grace you give to everyone lives right behind your door,
You are guided, you are grounded, you are held inside the light,
Everything you are right now is more than just enough — it's right,

[Outro]
The stars don't make mistakes and neither did they making you,
Rest in that, Terry — every part of you is true,
You are seen, you are known, you have always been enough,
Everything that built you whole was made of something strong as love,