[Verse 1]
He moves like water, calm across the stone,
A mind that roams the universe alone,
There's oceans in him no one's ever charted,
A quiet flame that burns the tender-hearted,
He carries more than anyone has seen,
A man of mercy, soft beneath the seam

[PreChorus]
They see the surface, still and sure,
They don't know what that stillness cost before

[Chorus]
Edwin, you were written by the tide,
Every current running deep inside,
All the weight you carried, all the ground you've known,
Has built a man the stars are proud to call their own

[Verse 2]
He loves like something ancient, wide, and true,
Gives before he's asked, the whole way through,
There's a fire in how he reaches for connection,
And walls he built for reasons worth reflection,
Not fear — just knowing what a heart can hold,
A love like his takes courage to unfold

[PreChorus]
Between the giving and the holding back,
Lives all the grace he never asked a thanks for that

[Chorus]
Edwin, you were written by the tide,
Every current running deep inside,
All the weight you carried, all the ground you've known,
Has built a man the stars are proud to call their own

[Verse 3]
He worked when no one offered him the stage,
Turned every quiet burden into sage,
A mind that sees the thing beneath the thing,
That knows which truths are worth the suffering,
He dreamed in languages the world spoke slow,
And planted roots in every wind that blew

[PreChorus]
The ones who doubted never saw the cost,
Of holding yourself together when you felt lost

[Chorus]
Edwin, you were written by the tide,
Every current running deep inside,
All the weight you carried, all the ground you've known,
Has built a man the stars are proud to call their own

[Verse 4]
There's a compass living somewhere in his chest,
That kept on pointing even through the rest,
Every scar became a kind of knowing,
Every door that closed — another opening,
He never needed proving, never needed noise,
His whole life spoke in quiet, chosen voice

[PreChorus]
The world was shaped by people just like him,
Who carried light through everything growing dim

[Chorus]
Edwin, you were written by the tide,
Every current running deep inside,
All the weight you carried, all the ground you've known,
Has built a man the stars are proud to call their own

[Bridge]
You are not the sum of what you had to prove,
You are every act of love that saw you through,
The universe mapped you out with careful hands,
And you became more than the tide had planned

[Outro]
Edwin, rest now, you have always been enough,
Made of grace and depth and beautiful, quiet tough,
The stars that wrote you haven't finished yet,
You are a story no one will forget