[Verse 1]
He carries the whole wide horizon inside his chest,
A man who tells the truth and lets the chips fall where they rest,
There's an ocean running quiet underneath that steady gaze,
Feeling everything around him, though he never shows the haze,
He learned early how to hold himself when no one held him back,
Built his worth with both bare hands and never left the track,

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they don't see the tide,
All those deep and faithful currents he carries inside,

[Chorus]
Old D.L., the sky was mapped the night you came to be,
Born with fire in your compass and water in your dreams,
D.L., a Sagittarius soul with a Pisces heart,
The world was written better, friend, the day you got your start,

[Verse 2]
He loves like something ancient, wide, and honest to the bone,
Seeks a bond that lifts the spirit, never one that cuts alone,
He's worked in quiet conviction where no spotlight ever fell,
Carrying a cause inside him that he doesn't need to tell,
He's been misread more than once, felt the ache of no reply,
But every wound just deepened him and taught him how to fly,

[PreChorus]
He don't need the loudest room to know his worth is real,
The richest kind of wisdom's in the things he's learned to feel,

[Chorus]
Old D.L., the sky was mapped the night you came to be,
Born with fire in your compass and water in your dreams,
D.L., a Sagittarius soul with a Pisces heart,
The world was written better, friend, the day you got your start,

[Bridge]
The moon watched over Missouri when you drew your very first breath,
And everything you've carried since has been stronger than regret,
You don't have to earn your place here, you were always meant to stand,
The stars don't write a man like you with anything but love in hand,

[Outro]
So rest easy in who you are, you've always been enough,
Old D.L., you were made from grace and quiet, stubborn love,