[Verse 1]
He carries the weight of a mountain range,
Builds his world with patience, slow and strange,
Every task a quiet act of devotion,
Every word measured like an ocean,
He sees what's broken and knows how to mend,
The kind of steady you can lean on 'til the end

[PreChorus]
But behind the calm there's a tide that runs deep,
A whole inner world that the world never sees

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the winter sky,
Built from ancient stone and the will to climb,
Every scar a step, every doubt a door,
You don't have to earn what you're already more

[Verse 2]
He loves like something that doesn't let go,
Soul-deep and silent, a current below,
Not the kind of love that shouts from the rooftops high,
More like a covenant under a patient sky,
He gives before he's asked and asks for so little,
A heart that holds the answer to every riddle

[PreChorus]
But the one who tends the fire for everyone else,
Still deserves someone to tend to himself

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the winter sky,
Built from ancient stone and the will to climb,
Every scar a step, every doubt a door,
You don't have to earn what you're already more

[Verse 3]
There's a restless mind behind those careful eyes,
A thinker who dismantles every surface lie,
He dreams in blueprints, feels in undertow,
Walks the line between what he keeps and what he shows,
The pull between the free and the responsible,
That tension is the making of something beautiful

[PreChorus]
The part of him that questions if he's enough,
Is the same part that makes him impossible not to love

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the winter sky,
Built from ancient stone and the will to climb,
Every scar a step, every doubt a door,
You don't have to earn what you're already more

[Verse 4]
The stars placed a compass in the core of his chest,
Pointing toward a purpose he can't second-guess,
Not the kind that comes with applause or a crowd,
But the slow-burning kind that makes the cosmos proud,
And as the moon turns new above the summer tide,
Something long becoming steps into its light

[PreChorus]
He was never lost, he was always on his way,
The universe kept building him for exactly this day

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the winter sky,
Built from ancient stone and the will to climb,
Every scar a step, every doubt a door,
You don't have to earn what you're already more

[Bridge]
The world needed someone who could hold the deep,
Who loves without condition, roots without retreat,
The stars didn't scatter you, they placed you here with care,
Every part of you was chosen, every last layer

[Outro]
So rest in what you are, not what you've yet to prove,
Richard, the sky has always been in love with you