[Verse 1]
There's a tide that runs beneath the still you show the world
A current pulling inward, every feeling left uncurled
You carry what you feel like stones that no one else can see
A moon behind the clouds — full, quiet, and complete
You've built your worth in service, in the order that you keep
But the ocean doesn't need to earn the right to run this deep

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they miss the undertow
The weight you hold alone, the things they'll never know

[Chorus]
You are not what you protect yourself from being
You are every depth the surface isn't showing
You were written by the stars with ink that holds
A soul too wide for anyone to fully know

[Verse 2]
You speak like something blazing when the words are finally free
Bold and lit with meaning, charged with what you need to be
But the critic lives inside you, measuring the fall
Calling every imperfection back before the curtain call
What they call a flaw is just the fire learning how to breathe
Everything you question is the root beneath the leaves

[PreChorus]
The world that called you too much never understood
That what they couldn't hold in you was never less than good

[Chorus]
You are not what you protect yourself from being
You are every depth the surface isn't showing
You were written by the stars with ink that holds
A soul too wide for anyone to fully know

[Verse 3]
You love the way a conversation catches light
A curious hand reaching out across the night
You've longed for someone steady who can meet your restless mind
Who gives you room to wander and a reason to come find
The bridge between your fire and the peace that you pursue
Has always been the balance you were born to move toward — you

[PreChorus]
The path was never meant to be a straight and certain line
Every wrong turn was the compass realigning over time

[Chorus]
You are not what you protect yourself from being
You are every depth the surface isn't showing
You were written by the stars with ink that holds
A soul too wide for anyone to fully know

[Bridge]
Something moves through you now like a signal from ahead
Every wound you've carried quietly becomes a thread
The sky is shifting — bolder days are gathering their light
What you've been building in the dark is almost ready for the night

[Outro]
You were held before you knew what holding meant
Every star above you knows exactly where it's sent
Rest here for a moment — you have always been enough
The cosmos didn't write you fragile — it wrote you tough