[Verse 1]
There's a fire in you that doesn't need permission to burn,
A quiet kind of certain, something earned at every turn,
You read a room before you cross it, feel what no one says,
Still you rise and take your place beneath the open gaze,
The world calls you composed, but you know what lives below,
A current wide as oceans running under all that glow

[PreChorus]
You've carried more than people see, you've held it without a sound,
And every weight you ever bore became your sacred ground

[Chorus]
Paula, you were written in the language of the light,
A lion and a mystery wrapped in the same night,
You don't have to choose between your softness and your fire,
Every part of you was placed here, every part of you entire

[Verse 2]
You love like something ancient, like a covenant not a guess,
You give the whole of what you have but rarely ask for less,
There's a diplomat inside you who can see all sides at once,
Who turns a conversation into something that becomes
A bridge where broken people cross and don't know why they trust,
You've always known that beauty isn't vanity, it's just

[PreChorus]
The way you understand the world, through harmony and care,
A kind of grace that moves through you the way it moves through air

[Chorus]
Paula, you were written in the language of the light,
A lion and a mystery wrapped in the same night,
You don't have to choose between your softness and your fire,
Every part of you was placed here, every part of you entire

[Verse 3]
The wound you carry from the early years of finding home,
Has made you someone who can build a shelter from the bone,
Your mind goes deep and then goes deeper, it won't leave things alone,
But that's not overthinking, love, that's how the truth gets known,
You've stood between the real and what you dreamed the world could be,
And somehow learned that both of those belong to you, to keep

[PreChorus]
You don't owe anyone a smaller version of this soul,
The storm you walked through didn't break you, it made you whole

[Chorus]
Paula, you were written in the language of the light,
A lion and a mystery wrapped in the same night,
You don't have to choose between your softness and your fire,
Every part of you was placed here, every part of you entire

[Bridge]
The stars did not write you to shrink or to hide,
They mapped out a life with a compass inside,
Your voice carries weight and the world needs to hear,
Everything you are is exactly why you're here

[Outro]
Let your season come, let the light find your face,
You were made for this moment, you were made for this place,
Paula, the sky knew your name all along