[Verse 1]
There's a fire in the way you face the world head-on,
A presence that arrives before you speak a word
You carry something ancient underneath that restless song,
A depth that most have felt but few have ever heard
They see the warmth, the laugh, the light you lead with every day,
But there's an ocean underneath that never goes away

[PreChorus]
You've learned to guard the tides you keep inside so carefully,
But what you call a flaw is just the weight of what you feel so deeply

[Chorus]
Courtney, you were written in the dark before the dawn,
Every wall you've built has roots and every root holds on
You are more than what you've carried, more than what you've shown,
You are held inside the map the sky has always known

[Verse 2]
You love like something fated, like you're all in from the start,
A quiet, fierce devotion living hidden in your heart
You don't hand it out to anyone who knocks upon your door,
You wait for something real because you know what love is for
And when the right one meets that depth you've tried so hard to hide,
They'll find the kind of loyalty that turns the whole tide

[PreChorus]
You've swallowed your own longing just to keep the peace in place,
But tenderness is not a weakness, it's your greatest grace

[Chorus]
Courtney, you were written in the dark before the dawn,
Every wall you've built has roots and every root holds on
You are more than what you've carried, more than what you've shown,
You are held inside the map the sky has always known

[Verse 3]
You think in wide horizons but you feel in hidden rooms,
You chase the truth like daylight chasing out the winter gloom
There's a vision in you restless, always pressing past the known,
A mind that builds its meaning from the seeds that you have sown
You've climbed your way through silence and through seasons no one saw,
And everything you've weathered has become your deepest law

[PreChorus]
The world still needs the fire that you almost let go cold,
The stories you keep quiet are the ones that must be told

[Chorus]
Courtney, you were written in the dark before the dawn,
Every wall you've built has roots and every root holds on
You are more than what you've carried, more than what you've shown,
You are held inside the map the sky has always known

[Bridge]
You don't have to burn yourself to keep the people warm,
You were not made to disappear inside someone else's storm
The same sky that made the ocean made the fire in you,
Everything you are right now is everything that's true

[Outro]
The stars did not make you perfect, they made you whole,
You were always the compass, you were always the goal