[Verse 1]
There's a tide inside you no one gets to see,
Deeper than the surface where you let the world believe,
A mind that hunts for meaning underneath the skin,
Pulling back the curtain on what ordinary hides within,
You carry whole philosophies like rivers carry stone,
And you've built a quiet kingdom out of all you've known

[PreChorus]
The heart and the mind wage war in the night,
But that tension is the thunder before the light

[Chorus]
John, you were written carefully, with ink that doesn't fade,
Every question that you carried, every price that you have paid,
The cosmos mapped your hunger and it called it something true,
John, the world was always turning just to make its way to you

[Verse 2]
You love like something ancient that was planted in the earth,
Patient as the season that decides what something's worth,
You reach for depth in everything, you hunger for the real,
And the ones you let inside you know exactly how you feel,
You've wondered if your presence is enough to justify the cost,
But every scar you carry is a compass, never lost

[PreChorus]
You don't have to earn the right to take up space,
You were already whole before the race

[Chorus]
John, you were written carefully, with ink that doesn't fade,
Every question that you carried, every price that you have paid,
The cosmos mapped your hunger and it called it something true,
John, the world was always turning just to make its way to you

[Verse 3]
There's a fire in you that moves before the world can catch the flame,
And a hunger for the horizon that no distance can contain,
You've dismantled what was broken just to understand the parts,
You've transformed through every darkness with the quiet of the stars,
Now the season's turning golden and the light is breaking through,
Something larger than you've dreamed of is already coming true

[PreChorus]
You were never lost, you were learning the ground,
Every place you've been was sacred, every wound was hallowed ground

[Chorus]
John, you were written carefully, with ink that doesn't fade,
Every question that you carried, every price that you have paid,
The cosmos mapped your hunger and it called it something true,
John, the world was always turning just to make its way to you

[Bridge]
You don't need to be the loudest to be heard,
Sometimes the deepest truth lives in a single word,
The universe has held your name since long before your birth,
And every road you've wandered knew exactly what you're worth

[Outro]
Rest now in the knowing you are held and you are seen,
John, you are exactly everything you've always been,
The stars don't make mistakes, and neither did they when they made you,
Let the light come in — it's finally safe, and it's finally true