[Verse 1]
She carries the world in the quiet hours before dawn,
A mind that maps the future while the rest move on,
Roots sunk deep in the people that she calls her own,
Building something sacred out of what she's known,
They see the steady surface, not the fire inside,
Not the tide that rises every time she hides,

[PreChorus]
But everything she's carried was never dead weight,
Every door that closed was pushing her toward great,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
The universe was careful when it carved out Lori's name,
She doesn't need the applause or the crowded room,
She's already whole, she's already in bloom,

[Verse 2]
She's loved like the first honest word after years of quiet,
Jumped in with both hands open, never had to fight it,
She's given warmth to people who forgot to ask,
And worn the face of courage like a second-hand mask,
There's a wound around the words she couldn't make them hear,
But every time she tried again took more guts than fear,

[PreChorus]
The things they misunderstood were always the best parts,
Her voice was never broken, just ahead of all their hearts,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
The universe was careful when it carved out Lori's name,
She doesn't need the applause or the crowded room,
She's already whole, she's already in bloom,

[Verse 3]
She's crossed between the lightning and the need to belong,
Known what it means to question where you fit for so long,
But she broke the patterns handed down before her name,
She walked right through the ashes and she didn't look the same,
There's a compass living in her that no map could ever show,
It pulls her toward the wide open, toward the things she's meant to know,

[PreChorus]
She was never too much — she was just too rare to place,
And everything she's searching for has always been her face,

[Chorus]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
The universe was careful when it carved out Lori's name,
She doesn't need the applause or the crowded room,
She's already whole, she's already in bloom,

[Bridge]
Let the stars have their say and the old wounds rest,
What looked like the wreckage was building the best,
She is ancient and luminous, tender and true,
The healing has always been running right through,

[Outro]
Written in the water, written in the flame,
Lori, the cosmos still whispers your name,
You are held, you are seen, you are enough,
You always have been,