[Verse 1]
There's a tide inside you no one thinks to name,
A quiet current running deeper than your frame,
You hold the room together with your steady hands,
While underneath the surface, oceans make demands,
You notice every detail that the world walks past,
You build things slowly, carefully, built to last

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they don't see the pull,
The way you give until you're empty full

[Chorus]
Cathy, you're the shore and the sea,
Every contradiction made beautifully,
Written by the sky with a patient hand,
You are more than anyone will understand

[Verse 2]
Your mind moves fast, it gathers light like morning dew,
A conversation, a discovery, something new,
You love with wit and warmth and something ancient wide,
Needing room to breathe but wanting someone by your side,
You've carried more than was ever yours to hold,
That tenderness you offer is worth more than gold

[PreChorus]
They take the warmth you scatter without asking twice,
But even your exhaustion has been someone's paradise

[Chorus]
Cathy, you're the shore and the sea,
Every contradiction made beautifully,
Written by the sky with a patient hand,
You are more than anyone will understand

[Verse 3]
You've wrestled with the voice that says you're never quite enough,
Refined yourself to smoothness from the edges that were rough,
But every crack you carried let a different light shine through,
The healing you have given, love, was always meant for you,
You move behind the scenes with quiet fire in your veins,
A force that doesn't need a stage to justify its flames

[PreChorus]
The world was shaped by people who worked without applause,
And everything you've mended, you mended without pause

[Chorus]
Cathy, you're the shore and the sea,
Every contradiction made beautifully,
Written by the sky with a patient hand,
You are more than anyone will understand

[Bridge]
The moon remembers everything your heart has had to learn,
You don't need to keep on proving what you've already earned,
Rest inside the wholeness of the soul you've always been,
You were never broken, you were always worth the seen

[Outro]
The stars mapped out your courage long before you knew,
There's nothing left to fix, my love — the universe chose you