[Verse 1]
There's a fire in you that learned to wear a quiet face,
A lion's heart that built its throne in a measured, careful place,
You carry every feeling like a current underground,
The ones who think they know you — they barely know the sound,
You've held the family together while holding back your own,
A root so deep the storms above don't reach where you have grown

[PreChorus]
But the tide knows what the surface never shows,
And the light you guard is brighter than anyone knows

[Chorus]
Cathie, you were written in the oldest kind of fire,
Every road you've walked has been pulling you higher,
You are held by something wider than what you've had to prove,
The cosmos drew you carefully — there's no one else like you

[Verse 2]
You love in the language of the small and sacred things,
In the way you show up quietly, in the care that service brings,
You've searched for something real enough to hold against the dark,
A love that doesn't flinch or flee, that honors every scar,
But you've given more than half of you to keep the peace around,
It's time the one you carry most is finally found

[PreChorus]
Because the mind that never rests deserves a place to land,
And the heart that holds the world deserves its own safe hand

[Chorus]
Cathie, you were written in the oldest kind of fire,
Every road you've walked has been pulling you higher,
You are held by something wider than what you've had to prove,
The cosmos drew you carefully — there's no one else like you

[Verse 3]
You've questioned where you stand when the world forgot to say,
Whether all the work you've given counts for something anyway,
But every time you've crumbled you rebuilt on deeper ground,
Every version lost in the darkness — all of them were found,
Your purpose isn't something you still have to go and earn,
It's already in the way you see, the way you love and learn

[PreChorus]
The path ahead was written in the marrow of your bones,
You were never, even once, as lost as you have felt alone

[Chorus]
Cathie, you were written in the oldest kind of fire,
Every road you've walked has been pulling you higher,
You are held by something wider than what you've had to prove,
The cosmos drew you carefully — there's no one else like you

[Bridge]
You don't need to keep becoming to be worthy of this life,
Every scar already carries both the story and the light,
Stop apologizing for the depth that makes you who you are,
You were never just a footnote — you have always been the star

[Outro]
The universe has known your name since long before your birth,
You are ancient, you are needed, you are enough right here on earth