[Verse 1]
There's a fire in the way you hold a room without a word
A quiet kind of thunder only those who listen have heard
You lead with something ancient — steady hands and open chest
You give before they ask you, always giving more than less
But underneath the confidence there lives a tender tide
A heart that's learned to carry what it quietly keeps inside

[PreChorus]
You've built yourself from lessons only solitude could teach
Always almost certain, always stretching toward the reach

[Chorus]
This is for you, Richard, born of fire and open sky
Every star that charted you was never asking why
You are exactly who the cosmos meant to send
Richard, you are not the means — you are the end

[Verse 2]
You think in feelings first, in colors before names
You speak with careful tenderness and carry others' flames
The world has seen the warm side, the one that holds its ground
But fewer see the searching — that need to be truly found
You've wandered through some deserts looking for something real
A faith you could stand under, a truth you couldn't just feel

[PreChorus]
And still you kept on moving, still you let your spirit ask
Never let the questions be a weight too great to last

[Chorus]
This is for you, Richard, born of fire and open sky
Every star that charted you was never asking why
You are exactly who the cosmos meant to send
Richard, you are not the means — you are the end

[Verse 3]
You love with full conviction, like the whole thing's on the line
Loyal past the breaking point, devoted past the sign
You've craved to be seen deeply, not just held up in the light
To be known past the surface, in the marrow and the night
There's a voice you've been reclaiming — learning it was yours to keep
Every word you've given freely rising up from somewhere deep

[PreChorus]
You don't need to earn your presence, you don't need to justify
You were written into this world with more than enough sky

[Chorus]
This is for you, Richard, born of fire and open sky
Every star that charted you was never asking why
You are exactly who the cosmos meant to send
Richard, you are not the means — you are the end

[Bridge]
The universe has held your name since long before you knew
Every scar became a compass pointing somewhere true
You carry more than you believe — let someone say it plain
You are not what you survived, you are what you became

[Outro]
So rest inside the truth of it, no proving left to do
The stars were not just watching, son — they were built for you