Verse 1

You were born where the water meets the shore,

Carrying more than most hearts bargain for,

Christopher, you feel the world like a wound and a gift,

Every room you walk into, you sense the shift.

You build your home inside the people you trust,

You hold the ones you love because you must,

There's a fire underneath the gentleness you show,

A boldness that moves before the others know.

Pre-Chorus

You've been the one who stayed when staying was hard,

You've been the map and the compass and the scar,

And you're learning now what you always almost knew,

The strength you gave to them was always yours too.

Chorus

You are held by the tide, you are shaped by the deep,

You are everything tender that refused to sleep,

Christopher, the world felt you before it saw your name,

And nothing you give will ever go to waste, it's not in vain.

You are held by the tide, you were born to remain,

Not anchored in fear but rooted in what you've claimed,

Every wave that tried to pull you down just made you more,

Christopher, you are the shore.

Verse 2

You've got a mind that dances faster than your doubt,

Thoughts that spiral in before they find their way out,

You speak in layers, in feeling wrapped in words,

And the ones who listen closest are the ones you've stirred.

You carry old songs in the marrow of your bones,

The echoes of the love that shaped your earliest home,

And when you create, when you let the feeling lead,

Something opens up in you that only you can feed.

Pre-Chorus

You've been the one who stayed when staying was hard,

You've been the map and the compass and the scar,

And you're learning now what you always almost knew,

The strength you gave to them was always yours too.

Chorus

You are held by the tide, you are shaped by the deep,

You are everything tender that refused to sleep,

Christopher, the world felt you before it saw your name,

And nothing you give will ever go to waste, it's not in vain.

You are held by the tide, you were born to remain,

Not anchored in fear but rooted in what you've claimed,

Every wave that tried to pull you down just made you more,

Christopher, you are the shore.

Verse 3

There's a part of you that reaches past the visible,

That reads the room before the words are spoken still,

You've lived between the dreamer and the driven man,

Between the tides of who you are and who you planned.

You've known the cold shoulder of an empty sky,

The weight of doing right when no one tells you why,

But every quiet effort, every steady hand,

Is building you a life that time will understand.

Pre-Chorus

You've been the one who stayed when staying was hard,

You've been the map and the compass and the scar,

And you're learning now what you always almost knew,

The strength you gave to them was always yours too.

Chorus

You are held by the tide, you are shaped by the deep,

You are everything tender that refused to sleep,

Christopher, the world felt you before it saw your name,

And nothing you give will ever go to waste, it's not in vain.

You are held by the tide, you were born to remain,

Not anchored in fear but rooted in what you've claimed,

Every wave that tried to pull you down just made you more,

Christopher, you are the shore.

Verse 4

You are growing into something wider than your past,

The things you thought would break you are the ones that last,

Christopher, the people who belong to you will see,

The quiet revolution in your generosity.

You'll find the path that fits the shape of who you are,

Not the one they handed you but one that bears your scar,

And when you lead, you'll lead with warmth and not with fear,

The kind of love that makes a life feel worth it when you're here.

Pre-Chorus

You've been the one who stayed when staying was hard,

You've been the map and the compass and the scar,

And you're learning now what you always almost knew,

The strength you gave to them was always yours too.

Chorus

You are held by the tide, you are shaped by the deep,

You are everything tender that refused to sleep,

Christopher, the world felt you before it saw your name,

And nothing you give will ever go to waste, it's not in vain.

You are held by the tide, you were born to remain,

Not anchored in fear but rooted in what you've claimed,

Every wave that tried to pull you down just made you more,

Christopher, you are the shore.

Bridge

And if the tide forgets you, you remember this,

That you were never asking for the world to fix

The parts of you that carry all that quiet weight,

You are not broken, Christopher, you are not late.

The deep knows your name, the current knows your face,

You were always meant to take up all this space.

Outro

Held by the tide, shaped by the deep,

Christopher, you are the shore,

You are the shore,

You are the shore.