[Verse 1]
Still waters run where no one thinks to look,
A mind like deep earth, slow and sure as bedrock,
You hold the world together, calm as stone,
But underneath the surface, tides unknown,
They see the patience, never see the pull,
The ocean inside you, dark and beautiful

[PreChorus]
You've carried more than anyone can tell,
A feeling so complete it hurts to feel it well

[Chorus]
Eli, you were written by the stars and the sea,
Every contradiction is a part of the decree,
You are rooted and you're restless, you are ancient and you're new,
Eli, the whole sky took its time when it made you

[Verse 2]
You love like something striking before thought,
You give your whole heart, unashamed, uncaught,
But you have held your own wounds underwater,
Protecting everyone like a loyal soldier,
The depth you crave is what you also fear,
You built the wall and left a window clear

[PreChorus]
The things you feel, you carry like a tide,
Learning trust is how the light gets inside

[Chorus]
Eli, you were written by the stars and the sea,
Every contradiction is a part of the decree,
You are rooted and you're restless, you are ancient and you're new,
Eli, the whole sky took its time when it made you

[Verse 3]
You dream in textures no one else can name,
You see the pattern long before the frame,
Your instincts run like currents through a stone,
A quiet knowing, undeniably your own,
You've felt like something born between two worlds,
Where reason frays and mystery unfurls

[PreChorus]
That restlessness, that hunger for the true,
Is not a fault — it's fire mapped in you

[Chorus]
Eli, you were written by the stars and the sea,
Every contradiction is a part of the decree,
You are rooted and you're restless, you are ancient and you're new,
Eli, the whole sky took its time when it made you

[Verse 4]
There's a horizon calling something bold,
A voice inside you, braver than you're told,
The world is changing shape beneath your feet,
And everything you carry makes you complete,
You don't need to explain what you contain,
What feels like weight right now becomes your flame

[PreChorus]
You don't need permission to become,
Everything you are is just now coming into sun

[Chorus]
Eli, you were written by the stars and the sea,
Every contradiction is a part of the decree,
You are rooted and you're restless, you are ancient and you're new,
Eli, the whole sky took its time when it made you

[Bridge]
You are not too much, you are not too deep,
You are not the promises you couldn't keep,
The cosmos wrote your name before the dawn,
And everything you've needed, you have always carried on

[Outro]
Let the tide inside you rise without apology,
You are held, you are enough, you are exactly where you need to be