[Verse 1]
He weighs every word before it leaves his tongue
A sense of justice burning since he was young
He sees all sides the way a scale finds true
But carries tides inside that nobody else moves through
The calm he wears is real but it's not the whole truth
There's an ocean underneath that he's been steering since his youth

[PreChorus]
He's built his name on steady hands and earned respect
A quiet kind of greatness no one needs to inspect

[Chorus]
Larry, you're the ballast and the burning flame
The one who holds the room without needing to claim
You've carried more than anyone around you knows
You are the deep water and the place where the river goes

[Verse 2]
He loves like something ancient, sovereign, and wide
A devotion that runs current far beneath the tide
He doesn't broadcast what he feels or hand it out for free
But once he's in, he's all the way — a rooted, sacred thing
He's sheltered people who don't know they've been sheltered all along
His silence isn't absence, it's the architecture of his song

[PreChorus]
He's chased the horizon just to find a higher truth
Still carries the ideals he forged in restless youth

[Chorus]
Larry, you're the ballast and the burning flame
The one who holds the room without needing to claim
You've carried more than anyone around you knows
You are the deep water and the place where the river goes

[Verse 3]
There were years he worked and wondered if the effort even showed
Built stone by stone in silence up a long and winding road
The world may not have seen it all as fast as he deserved
But every wall he raised with care was legacy preserved
He doesn't need approval to confirm what he has made
The worth was always in him long before the accolades

[PreChorus]
The stars mapped something careful when they wrote him into place
A soul that burns with purpose and moves through the world with grace

[Chorus]
Larry, you're the ballast and the burning flame
The one who holds the room without needing to claim
You've carried more than anyone around you knows
You are the deep water and the place where the river goes

[Bridge]
You don't have to prove a thing to earn your right to rest
The life you've built with honest hands has always been your best
The universe wrote you carefully with ink that never fades
You are enough, you always were — in all your light and shade

[Outro]
So let the tide come in and let the fire stay
Everything you are was worth it every single day
You are the deep water, Larry, and you are the shore
Exactly who you're meant to be — and always something more