[Verse 1]
She carries the ocean in the quiet of her chest,
A tide that never settles, never gives the world its best guess,
They see the warmth she offers like a candle in the cold,
They don't see the fire that's been burning since she was told
to fold herself in smaller, keep the rising waters still—
but the depth in her was never meant to fit inside a sill

[PreChorus]
Something ancient lives behind those careful, knowing eyes,
A heart that speaks in poetry the daylight can't disguise

[Chorus]
Rise like the moon that broke the dark in two,
Nanci, the sky was written just for you,
Every wound became the map that led you here,
You were always whole, you were always clear

[Verse 2]
She loves like a conversation that refuses to end,
Full of wit and wonder, quick to bend but not to break or bend,
She needs the space to breathe but she's faithful to the bone,
And the ones who earn her laughter earn a fire all their own,
She's given more than she was given, held what couldn't hold,
And the story underneath her skin is brilliant, brave, and bold

[PreChorus]
She doesn't need to earn the room that she already fills,
The world was rearranged the moment she arrived at the hills

[Chorus]
Rise like the moon that broke the dark in two,
Nanci, the sky was written just for you,
Every wound became the map that led you here,
You were always whole, you were always clear

[Verse 3]
She's walked the edge between the vision and the ground,
Between the call to serve the world and the peace she hasn't found,
She's questioned what deserves her trust, she's held her truth up tight,
Like someone who has earned the dark and earned the right to light,
The restless and the rooted live together in her bones—
That tension built a woman who can carry what she holds

[PreChorus]
The stars don't write in accidents, they wrote her with intent,
Every chapter that felt heavy was the message being sent

[Chorus]
Rise like the moon that broke the dark in two,
Nanci, the sky was written just for you,
Every wound became the map that led you here,
You were always whole, you were always clear

[Bridge]
The new moon comes to find what's ready to begin,
And everything she's carried has been growing her from within,
She doesn't have to prove the light—she simply has to stay,
The cosmos built her carefully and meant her for this day

[Outro]
She is the tide and the shore and the space between,
Nanci, you are the most seen you have ever been,
The universe remembers every prayer you didn't say—
you were always enough, you were always on your way