[Verse 1]
There's a current underneath the still you show the world
A depth of tide that nobody sees when you unfurl
You carry oceans in your chest and fire in your bones
A lion at the threshold and a dreamer in the stones
You've learned to guard what's tender, built your quiet walls
But everything you've sheltered is the greatest gift of all

[PreChorus]
The mystery in you isn't something to explain
It's the signature of someone who has alchemised their pain

[Chorus]
You are ancient, you are tender, you are true
There is nothing that the darkness asked that didn't strengthen you
You don't need to earn the right to take your place
You were written in the stars with uncommon, steady grace

[Verse 2]
You love like someone who has crossed a thousand miles
Who still believes in morning even after all the trials
Your mind moves quick as rivers, catches light before it lands
You give before you're asked to and you heal with open hands
They see the warmth you offer but they miss the undertow
All the worlds you've visited that nobody else can know

[PreChorus]
You've turned the weight of wondering into lanterns for the lost
You've paid the price of feeling deep — and you were worth the cost

[Chorus]
You are ancient, you are tender, you are true
There is nothing that the darkness asked that didn't strengthen you
You don't need to earn the right to take your place
You were written in the stars with uncommon, steady grace

[Verse 3]
When the sky turns back on itself and old words surface slow
There's a knowing rising in you like a river finding flow
Let the doubling back remind you of the ground beneath your feet
Every pause is preparation, every wound is incomplete
The world you're reaching toward was always yours to find
You were never lost — just gathering what you left behind

[PreChorus]
The compass in your chest has always known the way
What turns back through the dark comes home to light of day

[Chorus]
You are ancient, you are tender, you are true
There is nothing that the darkness asked that didn't strengthen you
You don't need to earn the right to take your place
You were written in the stars with uncommon, steady grace

[Bridge]
Every road that doubled back became a deeper root
Every time you chose to stay was courage absolute
You are not a work in progress waiting to be done
You are already everything beneath this faithful sun

[Outro]
Let the tides recede and carry what no longer fits
You were whole before the breaking and you're whole within it
The stars that charted you were careful, slow, and true
There has never been a moment they stopped believing you