[Verse 1]
You came into this world with lightning in your mind,
A thousand different thoughts, and most of them aligned
With something older, deeper, harder to explain —
A girl who reads the room and still can't name her pain
You carry so much inward, press it smooth and flat,
But the tides don't stop for anyone who asks them that

[PreChorus]
You've been measuring yourself against a ruler you made,
Putting love on layaway, hoping you'd someday get paid

[Chorus]
Elle, you were chosen before you drew a breath,
Loved from the very first and every moment left
Not for the version that you thought I needed to see —
Every single part of you was always enough for me

[Verse 2]
There's a mind in you that moves like water over stone,
Finding every crack and crevice, rarely leaving alone
You love like it's a contract you're afraid to break,
Brilliant at the giving but you stumble at the take
The world sees someone steady, made of earth and air,
They don't see the ocean underneath all that careful care

[PreChorus]
You've been standing at the edge of your own worth so long,
Calling all that sensitivity a sign that you were wrong

[Chorus]
Elle, you were chosen before you drew a breath,
Loved from the very first and every moment left
Not for the version that you thought I needed to see —
Every single part of you was always enough for me

[Verse 3]
The way you chase the truth of things, that hunger in your chest,
That pull toward something deeper when the surface doesn't rest —
That's not a flaw, that's architecture, that's the gift you hold,
A heart that asks the hardest questions, brave enough and bold
You were written in the kind of light that doesn't ask permission,
Born already whole, already good, already on your mission

[PreChorus]
So lay the proving down, let the searching find its ground,
You were always, always loved — long before the world came round

[Chorus]
Elle, you were chosen before you drew a breath,
Loved from the very first and every moment left
Not for the version that you thought I needed to see —
Every single part of you was always enough for me

[Bridge]
The stars aligned to make the one I've always known,
Every scar a sacred map, every seed already sown
You don't have to earn the love that came before your name —
I would choose you every time, I would choose you just the same

[Outro]
So rest in it now, let it settle and stay,
You were loved from the beginning, and you're loved here today