[Verse 1]
You carry the world in a curious mind,
A thousand ideas running parallel lines,
You speak before thinking and think before sleep,
And the things that move you, you bury them deep,
They see the wit, they miss the weight,
The tides beneath that patient, steady gait

[PreChorus]
You've held the ache of feeling unseen,
Built something solid on what that wound means

[Chorus]
You are rooted, James, you are wide and deep,
More than the calm you let the world keep,
Every question you carry is proof of your worth,
You were written with care before you came to earth

[Verse 2]
You love like something slow and sure,
Not with fire that burns but warmth that endures,
You give with your presence, your hands, your time,
You speak your devotion without needing a rhyme,
But you've wondered if steady is easy to leave,
If loyalty alone isn't enough to believe

[PreChorus]
The ones worth keeping stay for the root,
For the fruit that only patient seasons produce

[Chorus]
You are rooted, James, you are wide and deep,
More than the calm you let the world keep,
Every question you carry is proof of your worth,
You were written with care before you came to earth

[Verse 3]
There's a dreamer in you that the daylight hides,
A compass spinning somewhere deep inside,
You've chased the horizon in half a hundred ways,
Looked for meaning in the fog of ordinary days,
But the vision was never the problem, my friend,
The world just hasn't caught up to where you've been

[PreChorus]
Your path is not broken, just longer than most,
The ground you're building on matters the most

[Chorus]
You are rooted, James, you are wide and deep,
More than the calm you let the world keep,
Every question you carry is proof of your worth,
You were written with care before you came to earth

[Verse 4]
The part of you that nobody quite names,
The one that keeps score but forgives all the same,
Who started from nothing and built stone by stone,
And still sometimes wonders if enough is your own,
It is, it always was, even when no one said,
Even when you had to be your own proof instead

[PreChorus]
You don't have to earn what was always there,
The cosmos laid your foundation with care

[Bridge]
The moon that grounds you never asks for proof,
The stars that shaped you never needed use,
You were never behind, never lost, never less,
You were always exactly this, nothing more to confess

[Outro]
So rest in the knowing, let the tides be still,
James, you were always more than enough to fill