[Verse 1]
There's a stillness in the way you hold the room,
Like the earth before a storm, like a flower before it blooms,
You carry the weight of everyone inside your chest,
You give until you're empty, then you give the rest,
They see the calm, they don't see the tide,
All the oceans you've been carrying deep inside.

[PreChorus]
But the depth of you is not a burden to outrun,
It's the gravity that holds you, like the roots that feed the sun.

[Chorus]
Nathan, you were written in a careful hand,
Every contradiction part of the plan,
You are more than what they've managed to see,
You are rooted and you are already free.

[Verse 2]
You've got a mind that moves like lightning on a wire,
And a heart that loves the way it breathes — like something built of fire,
You've searched for home in faces, in the spaces in between,
And learned to read the underneath of every word unseen,
The wound you carry quietly has grown into your guide,
What you thought was missing was the compass you held inside.

[PreChorus]
You were never broken, you were building all along,
Every quiet reconstruction made the architecture strong.

[Chorus]
Nathan, you were written in a careful hand,
Every contradiction part of the plan,
You are more than what they've managed to see,
You are rooted and you are already free.

[Verse 3]
You love like someone ancient, like a river that won't stop,
You give before they ask you and you hold them at the top,
But somewhere underneath the grace, you're wondering if it's real,
If the ones you soften yourself for know the depth of what you feel,
You don't have to earn your place or prove the way you care,
You were worthy of the love you give before you learned to share.

[PreChorus]
The stars above your birthplace carved a purpose in your bones,
You were never meant to wander, you were always coming home.

[Chorus]
Nathan, you were written in a careful hand,
Every contradiction part of the plan,
You are more than what they've managed to see,
You are rooted and you are already free.

[Bridge]
The world needs what you carry, don't set it down,
Every scar you've gathered is a part of your crown,
You don't need to be louder, just present and true,
There is nothing left to prove — the universe already knows you.

[Outro]
So rest inside the knowing, let the striving go,
Nathan, you were always more than you will ever know.