[Verse 1]
There's a tide inside that nobody sees,
A mind that moves like wind through autumn trees,
You hold the room, then slip out through the door,
A quiet ocean with a hidden shore,
You've always felt things deeper than you've shown,
A whole world living just beneath the bone,

[PreChorus]
They see the surface, calm and quick and bright,
They never see the vigil you keep at night,

[Chorus]
You are the current and the still,
The voice that bends to serve and then goes still,
Dan, you were written by a careful hand,
More whole than you will ever understand,

[Verse 2]
You love like something tidal, slow, and true,
A conversation that becomes a clue,
You give before the asking, hold the door,
Then wonder why your own heart keeps the score,
You've built a shelter out of what you've known,
And called it safety when you meant alone,

[PreChorus]
But every wall you raised was made of care,
The same hands built the bridge that brought you there,

[Chorus]
You are the current and the still,
The voice that bends to serve and then refills,
Dan, you were written by a careful hand,
More whole than you will ever understand,

[Verse 3]
The world has asked you many times to shrink,
To skip the depth and stop before you think,
But that's the gift they couldn't recognize,
The kind of knowing that lives behind the eyes,
You've carried wounds that never asked for names,
And turned them into lanterns, into flames,

[PreChorus]
You've earned the ground beneath your quiet feet,
Not through approval — through the years you've kept,

[Chorus]
You are the current and the still,
The voice that bends to serve and then refills,
Dan, you were written by a careful hand,
More whole than you will ever understand,

[Verse 4]
There's healing in the season coming near,
A softer kind of truth beginning here,
The life you've tended finally takes root,
The tree that stood through storms now bears its fruit,
You don't need to be louder to be found,
Your silence is the most important sound,

[PreChorus]
The stars aligned with patience and with care,
They placed in you exactly what was rare,

[Chorus]
You are the current and the still,
The voice that bends to serve and then refills,
Dan, you were written by a careful hand,
More whole than you will ever understand,

[Bridge]
You don't have to earn the right to rest,
The proof was never in the proving — you were blessed,
Let the tide come in, let the tide recede,
You already are everything you need,

[Outro]
The cosmos wrote you carefully and well,
With more grace inside than words could ever tell,
You are guided, Dan, you are held, you are enough,
Exactly as you are — exactly as you were,