[Verse 1]
There's a stillness at the center that the world never quite sees
A depth that runs like river stone beneath the fallen leaves
You carry quiet wisdom like a lantern in the dark
You love before you're asked to, straight from the marrow of your heart
The words form slow and careful, but they land like something true
There's a fire running under all that patience inside you

[PreChorus]
You've held so much for everyone, put yourself last in the line
But everything you've given out was never yours to resign

[Chorus]
Maribeth, you are the calm and you're the tide
The roots go deep, the branches reach so wide
You don't have to prove a single thing you are
The cosmos wrote your name among the stars

[Verse 2]
You've felt the pull between the life you live and who you dream to be
Between the world that needs you present and the one that sets you free
You've carried old inheritances that were never yours to own
And quietly you've turned that weight to something of your own
There's a hunger for the truth of things, for meaning that holds fast
A mind that won't stop asking what was built to last

[PreChorus]
You've stood outside the circle more than anyone should know
But being different from the rest is how your kind of fire grows

[Chorus]
Maribeth, you are the calm and you're the tide
The roots go deep, the branches reach so wide
You don't have to prove a single thing you are
The cosmos wrote your name among the stars

[Bridge]
Every wound you walked through left you open, not undone
Every year of silent labor brought you closer to the sun
The world still needs the quiet force of all you hold inside
Let yourself be seen, let yourself arrive

[Outro]
You are ancient, you are tender, you are finally enough
The light you carry never dims, even when the road gets rough
Maribeth, you were made with care, exactly as you are