[Verse 1]
There's a mind that moves like winter lightning fast,
Building something steady meant to outlast,
You see the world before the world has turned,
Carrying the weight of everything you've learned,
The warmth you give lives quiet in the walls,
Holding everyone together down the halls.

[PreChorus]
But beneath the calm there's a tide that pulls at you,
A lion heart that wants to break on through.

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Gayle, the one who holds the flame,
Who loves the whole wide world but hides behind no name,
You are rooted, you are radiant, you are real,
The cosmos wrote you carefully, the stars know what you feel.

[Verse 2]
You've stood between the thunder and the door,
Given more to others than they gave before,
Sometimes the longing felt like empty space,
Like belonging was a house without a place,
But every wall you built became a kind of art,
Every quiet storm made room inside your heart.

[PreChorus]
You don't need to perform to earn your light,
The depth you carry is enough, you're built right.

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Gayle, the one who holds the flame,
Who loves the whole wide world but hides behind no name,
You are rooted, you are radiant, you are real,
The cosmos wrote you carefully, the stars know what you feel.

[Verse 3]
You love like something ancient without end,
Not the kind that breaks but the kind that bends,
You want the real thing, not the gilded show,
A hand that stays through every undertow,
The ones who truly see you call it grace,
That rare and steady light behind your face.

[PreChorus]
The world needs what you carry, don't set it down,
You were never lost, you were always being found.

[Chorus]
Here's to you, Gayle, the one who holds the flame,
Who loves the whole wide world but hides behind no name,
You are rooted, you are radiant, you are real,
The cosmos wrote you carefully, the stars know what you feel.

[Bridge]
Every scar became a lantern in the dark,
Every question mark became a road back to your heart,
You were never too much and never not enough,
You were always the answer wearing human clothes.

[Outro]
So rest now easy in the life you've made,
The light inside you was never going to fade,
You are held by something older than the sky,
And all of it, all of it, was yours all along.