[Verse 1]
There's a tide that runs beneath the surface calm
A depth that few have ever put their finger on
You carry what you feel like weight inside your chest
Show the world the steady, keep the storm compressed
A lion at the door but an ocean in the soul
They see the composed man, they don't see the undertow

[PreChorus]
But everything you've held in silence, every wave you've swallowed whole
Has been carving out the canyon of a deep and knowing soul

[Chorus]
You are more than what they see when they look your way
You're the quiet and the thunder and the break of day
Every scar you've kept in private is a kind of proof
That the whole damn sky was written just for you

[Verse 2]
Your mind moves fast, like something restless chasing light
You'll talk with anyone but guard the tender parts at night
You love through conversation, through the word and the shared thought
But beneath that easy laughter lives a loyalty hard-bought
You've wanted to be wanted without having to explain
And you've given more than people ever knew to give again

[PreChorus]
You've held yourself to standards no one handed you a blueprint for
Every time you almost crumbled, you just quietly built more

[Chorus]
You are more than what they see when they look your way
You're the quiet and the thunder and the break of day
Every scar you've kept in private is a kind of proof
That the whole damn sky was written just for you

[Verse 3]
There's a hunger in you, something wide and hard to name
That won't settle for the surface or go twice around the same
You've felt the pull of somewhere farther, something bigger, something true
Like the ground beneath your boots was always guiding you through
And the fire that you carry when you fight for what you love
Is the same fire that was placed in you by something up above

[PreChorus]
You don't have to earn the right to rest, or prove yourself through pain
You were never broken, just becoming whole again

[Chorus]
You are more than what they see when they look your way
You're the quiet and the thunder and the break of day
Every scar you've kept in private is a kind of proof
That the whole damn sky was written just for you

[Bridge]
The moon came up and steadied you when nothing else stood still
Your roots run deep as river beds beneath the roughest hills
The world needs what you're carrying, so don't you give it away
You were written in the stars, son, long before this day

[Outro]
So let the tide come in and let it carry you home
You were never really walking any of this alone
The whole damn sky was written just for you