[Verse 1]
There's a tide in you that never settles still,
A dreamer with a spine of iron will,
You feel the whole world like it lives in your chest,
And give away pieces while hiding the rest,
They see the surface, calm and composed,
They don't see the current beneath what you've showed

[PreChorus]
But everything you carry has a reason and a root,
Every quiet sacrifice has grown into a fruit

[Chorus]
Monica, the ocean knows your name,
You were written in the stars before you came,
Every wave that broke you also made you whole,
The cosmos carved a compass in your soul

[Verse 2]
You speak in feeling more than you speak in fact,
Your mind finds truth by following the track,
Not the straight line but the winding, inspired kind,
The kind that leads to what the rest can't find,
And when the words won't come, your presence says it all,
There's a quiet in you that can hold a room in thrall

[PreChorus]
You were built for more than what the surface seems to show,
There's a vision underneath you, patient, ready to grow

[Chorus]
Monica, the ocean knows your name,
You were written in the stars before you came,
Every wave that broke you also made you whole,
The cosmos carved a compass in your soul

[Verse 3]
You love like something ancient, rooted, and sure,
Slow to open up but deeply, devotedly pure,
You don't throw your heart out like it's nothing to lose,
You wait for the one who has something to prove,
And when you finally give, it's all or it's none,
A bond built like bedrock, not just heat from the sun

[PreChorus]
You have ached for belonging in the spaces in between,
But the belonging was already yours, it just stayed unseen

[Chorus]
Monica, the ocean knows your name,
You were written in the stars before you came,
Every wave that broke you also made you whole,
The cosmos carved a compass in your soul

[Verse 4]
You've carried heavy things without asking for hands,
Worked through the silence, made good on your plans,
The world you have served without keeping the score,
A tireless devotion that knocks on the door,
You've earned every inch of the ground where you stand,
The universe didn't deal you an ordinary hand

[PreChorus]
So lay down the weight of the proof you think you owe,
You were enough before the world had a chance to know

[Chorus]
Monica, the ocean knows your name,
You were written in the stars before you came,
Every wave that broke you also made you whole,
The cosmos carved a compass in your soul

[Bridge]
The fire in your bones was never a mistake,
Every restless night was something you were meant to take,
You don't need to earn the right to finally be free,
You were always the answer you were searching for to see

[Outro]
The tide goes out and it always comes home,
And so will you, you were never alone,
Monica, the stars have held you all along,
And everything you are is more than enough