[Verse 1]
There's a tide in you that nobody charts,
A mind that races ahead of your heart,
You read the room before you've said a word,
Carrying feelings too layered to be heard,
You've worn a thousand faces in a day,
And still not shown the ones you tuck away

[PreChorus]
But every current running deep inside
Is proof of how much life you hold and hide

[Chorus]
You are the ocean, you are the shore,
Chris, you were written to be something more,
The stars bent careful when they mapped your soul,
You were never broken, you were always whole

[Verse 2]
You think with your whole chest, not just your head,
You feel the weight of words before they're said,
You've held your tongue when you deserved to speak,
And called that grace when really it was grief,
But there's a fire in you that won't stay tame,
It just waits for the right moment to claim

[PreChorus]
The world will see the calm, the steady ground,
But you were built for depths they've never found

[Chorus]
You are the ocean, you are the shore,
Chris, you were written to be something more,
The stars bent careful when they mapped your soul,
You were never broken, you were always whole

[Verse 3]
You love like something ancient, wide, and true,
Grand in the giving, loyal all the way through,
You want to be adored the way you adore,
To be seen in the quiet and asked for more,
You've settled sometimes for less than your worth,
But the ground is shifting, you're coming to earth

[PreChorus]
Recognition isn't borrowed, it's your right,
You carry more than you've been given light

[Chorus]
You are the ocean, you are the shore,
Chris, you were written to be something more,
The stars bent careful when they mapped your soul,
You were never broken, you were always whole

[Verse 4]
The questions you've carried about where you fit,
The beliefs you outgrew and couldn't quite quit,
That restlessness wasn't a flaw to be fixed,
It was a compass, a calling, a gift in the mix,
You were built to rebuild, to reform and renew,
The world didn't shape you — you shape it too

[PreChorus]
Success has been patient, it knows where you stand,
It's been watching you quietly, right on the land

[Chorus]
You are the ocean, you are the shore,
Chris, you were written to be something more,
The stars bent careful when they mapped your soul,
You were never broken, you were always whole

[Bridge]
You've absorbed enough grief for a hundred lives,
But compassion like yours is how something survives,
You don't have to earn it, you don't have to prove,
The cosmos wrote you — and it's proud of what it drew

[Outro]
So rest in the knowing that you are enough,
The tender, the complex, the brilliant, the tough,
Chris, you were placed here with purpose and care,
And everything you are belongs here