[Verse 1]
She carries the whole ocean in the quiet of her chest
Reads the room before she enters, always giving more than best
Her mind runs toward the horizon like it's chasing something true
A philosopher in feelings, always searching for the view
They see the calm, they don't see the tide
All those currents running deep inside

[PreChorus]
She thinks in poetry, she moves in grace
But the world keeps asking her to take up less space

[Chorus]
Terri, you were written in the water and the sky
Every wave that shaped you had a reason and a why
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet
Terri, you were always whole, you were always complete

[Verse 2]
She loves the way a conversation opens like a door
Wit and warmth and wonder, always hungry to know more
She gives before she's asked, she speaks before she's heard
Sometimes she doubts her worth is carried in the word
But every scar became a story worth the weight
Every wound a room she learned to renovate

[PreChorus]
She's built for something bigger than the doubt she holds at night
The compass in her chest has always known the light

[Chorus]
Terri, you were written in the water and the sky
Every wave that shaped you had a reason and a why
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet
Terri, you were always whole, you were always complete

[Verse 3]
She works where no one's watching, does the sacred unseen task
Carries quiet fire through the hallways, never stops to ask
She's called to lead but loves the shadows, built for both the stage and still
A healer in her habits, finding purpose in the skill
The world mistakes her softness for a place to rest their need
But that tenderness is armor she was born to wear and breathe

[PreChorus]
She's not too much, she's not too small, she never was
She's the kind of deep the universe designs with love

[Chorus]
Terri, you were written in the water and the sky
Every wave that shaped you had a reason and a why
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet
Terri, you were always whole, you were always complete

[Verse 4]
The part of her that craves both roots and open road is real
Half tide pool, half horizon — she was made to hold and feel
She's learned to hold the broken things and still believe they mend
She turns the dark to something clean and offers it to friends
Not every gift gets witnessed and not every storm gets named
But every one has made her into something uncontained

[PreChorus]
The stars were not just watching, they were writing her alive
She was never lost, she was learning how to thrive

[Chorus]
Terri, you were written in the water and the sky
Every wave that shaped you had a reason and a why
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet
Terri, you were always whole, you were always complete

[Bridge]
Let the tides be what they are, let the searching find its shore
You were never too much feeling, you were never too much more
The cosmos built you carefully in a language without fear
Everything you are right now is exactly why you're here

[Outro]
Rest inside the truth of it — you were always enough
Written in the water, held together by love