[Verse 1]
There's a fire that woke before the sun could rise,
A force that moves on instinct, reads the world through feeling eyes,
They see the boldness first, they miss the tide beneath,
The ocean running quiet underneath the reef,
You've carried ancient wisdom since before you had the words,
A song inside your silence that the restless world has heard,

[PreChorus]
The highs and lows became the road, not reasons left to fear,
You were never lost, you were learning how to be here,

[Chorus]
You are the flame and the still deep water,
The kind of soul this century called for,
You move with purpose, you breathe with grace,
The world is better with you taking up your space,

[Verse 2]
You crossed the ocean seeking what the East had kept alive,
A teaching older than the noise, a reason more than to survive,
Since ninety-five you've walked this path with every waking breath,
Experience the teacher that no classroom has outread,
They questioned your worth before you knew to question them,
But every doubt you swallowed turned to wisdom in the end,

[PreChorus]
The daunting door to something more is open, not a wall,
Your voice was always worth the room, the words were worth the call,

[Chorus]
You are the flame and the still deep water,
The kind of soul this century called for,
You move with purpose, you breathe with grace,
The world is better with you taking up your space,

[Verse 3]
You love like something ancient, like a vow before it's spoken,
You hold the ones around you long before the seal is broken,
You dream of worlds where every soul believes they hold a light,
Where self-worth grows so deep it lifts the people left in night,
Two years of work to earn the words that let you serve with power,
The quiet one behind the scenes was always the right tower,

[PreChorus]
The stars that mapped your coming wrote in languages of flame,
The cosmos shaped you carefully and nothing is the same,

[Chorus]
You are the flame and the still deep water,
The kind of soul this century called for,
You move with purpose, you breathe with grace,
The world is better with you taking up your space,

[Bridge]
This is not the end of something, this is where you finally land,
Hope was always in the living, peace was always in your hand,
The healing that you carry turns to language, turns to light,
You were always in the right place, you were always built for this life,

[Outro]
Let the journey be the answer, let the breath become the song,
You were never out of season, you have always, always belonged,