[Verse 1]
There's a fire at the center that they almost never see,
A lion in the daylight, an ocean underneath,
You hold it all together with a steady, careful hand,
While tides are moving through you that nobody understands,
You notice every detail, every crack inside the wall,
You're carrying the quiet weight of caring for it all

[PreChorus]
But the calm they see is just the surface of the sea,
There's a universe of depth in who you're meant to be

[Chorus]
Rise up, Mike, you were written in the light,
Every fracture made you stronger in the night,
You don't have to earn the fire that you hold,
The stars already knew you before you were told

[Verse 2]
You love like something ancient, like a tide that won't retreat,
In the small things, in the showing up, in making broken things complete,
And the wound of being unseen left a mark you know by name,
But the ones who weren't watching missed the depth behind the flame,
You've rebuilt yourself so many times, you've lost the count of when,
And every time you rose from it, you rose as more than them

[PreChorus]
The tension between who you are and who the world demands,
Is not a flaw — it's proof you carry more than either hand

[Chorus]
Rise up, Mike, you were written in the light,
Every fracture made you stronger in the night,
You don't have to earn the fire that you hold,
The stars already knew you before you were told

[Verse 3]
There's a new moon on the water and it's calling out your name,
An awakening is breaking through the places you've stayed tame,
The builder and the dreamer living side by side in you,
The one who craves the freedom and the one who follows through,
You're not too much, you're not too deep, you're not too hard to hold,
You're just a rare and ancient thing that hasn't yet been told

[PreChorus]
The cosmos didn't make a mistake when it made you this way,
Every contradiction is a gift you'll understand someday

[Chorus]
Rise up, Mike, you were written in the light,
Every fracture made you stronger in the night,
You don't have to earn the fire that you hold,
The stars already knew you before you were told

[Bridge]
You are not the weight you carry or the walls you built alone,
Every scar became a lantern and every wound became a home,
The world needs what you carry — don't quietly give it away,
You were mapped by something greater and it's pointing toward today

[Outro]
So let the tides come — let the fire breathe,
You are held by more than what you can see,
Mike, you are enough, you always were,
The stars wrote you carefully, and nothing was unsure