[Verse 1]
He's the kind of man who holds the world up straight,
Steady as the earth, with a lion's gate,
A mind that never stops, a million thoughts in flight,
But he keeps the deepest ones tucked out of sight,
He carries what is heavy like it weighs nothing at all,
The quietest kind of strong — the hardest kind to fall

[PreChorus]
They see the patience, they don't see the fire,
A man who builds his worth a little higher

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Bob, rooted deep and wide,
The fierce and gentle current running side by side,
You were written by the stars and built to last,
A man of living forward, not of living past

[Verse 2]
He loves like a shelter, like a hearth in the cold,
Tender in the places that he's never been told,
He gives before he's asked, he stays when things get hard,
Holds his feelings close like a hand-dealt card,
Something in him searches for the home he's always known,
And every one he's loved has felt less alone

[PreChorus]
They see the surface, they don't see the tide,
All those rivers running wide and deep inside

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Bob, rooted deep and wide,
The fierce and gentle current running side by side,
You were written by the stars and built to last,
A man of living forward, not of living past

[Verse 3]
He's walked through shadow like it owed him something more,
Found his way to daylight through an unmarked door,
There's an ache he carries from a long-forgotten place,
But he turned it into courage, turned it into grace,
The world has tried to dim him but the light holds true,
There's a kind of quiet thunder in everything he'll do

[PreChorus]
He's earned the right to rest, to just be seen,
To know his worth was never what he had to prove it means

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Bob, rooted deep and wide,
The fierce and gentle current running side by side,
You were written by the stars and built to last,
A man of living forward, not of living past

[Bridge]
The universe laid down his bones with care,
Mapped his road through everything he'd dare,
He doesn't need to earn what he already owns,
A man like that is never truly alone

[Outro]
So here's to the man who shows up, rain or shine,
Bob, you were always more than enough — by design