[Verse 1]
There's a tide inside that never gets to rest,
A mind that counts the cost before the breath,
You hold the world together with your hands,
And wonder why you can't just let it stand,
The ones you love sleep soundly in your care,
But who is watching over you in there?

[PreChorus]
You've been the lighthouse in the dark so long,
You forgot that you were born to be the song,

[Chorus]
You don't have to guard every door and every gate,
The love you give so freely doesn't need you half-awake,
You are not the crisis and you're not the cure,
You are already whole, already more than enough, already sure,

[Verse 2]
You love like something ancient and precise,
You notice every detail, every price,
The quiet way you show up, steady, true,
The world sees grace but never sees the view,
Of all the weight you carry in your chest,
The endless mental ledger never rests,

[PreChorus]
But that same mind that worries through the night,
Is the very mind that carries so much light,

[Chorus]
You don't have to guard every door and every gate,
The love you give so freely doesn't need you half-awake,
You are not the crisis and you're not the cure,
You are already whole, already more than enough, already sure,

[Verse 3]
There's a fire in you that moves before the world,
A warmth that even you have left unfurled,
You came here with a brightness all your own,
A radiance your children have been shown,
They don't need you perfect, they need you present and real,
They need to watch you learning how to feel,

[PreChorus]
The model that they're watching isn't flawless or fixed,
It's someone brave enough to live in all of this,

[Chorus]
You don't have to guard every door and every gate,
The love you give so freely doesn't need you half-awake,
You are not the crisis and you're not the cure,
You are already whole, already more than enough, already sure,

[Verse 4]
The thing you sense is missing is so near,
It isn't out there somewhere, it lives here,
It's in the way the morning holds your name,
The way the moon returns and comes back just the same,
You were written by the sky with patient care,
What you've been searching for has always been there,

[PreChorus]
The tides are turning gently, let them in,
A new moon rises, and so does everything within,

[Chorus]
You don't have to guard every door and every gate,
The love you give so freely doesn't need you half-awake,
You are not the crisis and you're not the cure,
You are already whole, already more than enough, already sure,

[Bridge]
You are the ocean, not the fear of drowning low,
You are the ember finding out how bright it glows,
The life you want is not a mountain left to climb,
It's a door already open, and the key was yours this time,

[Outro]
Come home to yourself, set the vigil down,
The stars already know you, let yourself be found,
Everything and everyone will find their way to right,
And you, you are allowed to finally love your life,