[Verse 1]
There's a fire that wakes before the alarm goes off,
A hunger in the chest that won't be talked down soft,
Bold enough to lead but tender at the seam,
A philosopher who moves by instinct, not by scheme,
The world sees someone radiant, holding court with grace,
But only you know all the depths beneath that face

[PreChorus]
You've carried quiet burdens in the dark alone,
But everything you've held has built you into bone

[Chorus]
Charlotte, you were written in the lion's gold,
More ancient than the stories you've been told,
The light in you was never yours to earn,
You were always everything you've yet to learn

[Verse 2]
You love like someone building shelter from a storm,
You guard the ones you cherish, keep the hearth alive and warm,
But love has left its marks, the scars of trusting deep,
The doors you closed to protect yourself from losing sleep,
You long for something total, all-or-nothing, true,
And anyone who's held your heart knows what it costs to lose you

[PreChorus]
You don't need perfect love to make the wound complete,
You are worth the kind of love that doesn't leave you beat

[Chorus]
Charlotte, you were written in the lion's gold,
More ancient than the stories you've been told,
The light in you was never yours to earn,
You were always everything you've yet to learn

[Verse 3]
There's a voice inside that second-guesses every word,
A mind that turns the sentence over till the meaning's blurred,
But that same mind holds galaxies, connects the vast and small,
Sees the thread inside the tangle, finds the meaning in it all,
The way you speak when something matters cuts right to the core,
You were born to say the thing that's never quite been said before

[PreChorus]
The doubt you wear like armor is a relic, not a truth,
The clarity you're seeking has been living inside you

[Chorus]
Charlotte, you were written in the lion's gold,
More ancient than the stories you've been told,
The light in you was never yours to earn,
You were always everything you've yet to learn

[Verse 4]
You've sat inside the silence where the shadow likes to grow,
And learned the kind of stillness only certain people know,
The ones who've faced the underground and surfaced with a lamp,
Whose warmth is so much brighter for the seasons that were damp,
You carry what is hidden like a healer carries flame,
And every soul that finds you never quite goes back the same

[PreChorus]
The season's turning toward you, something's breaking into bloom,
There was never any question — this whole sky was made for you

[Chorus]
Charlotte, you were written in the lion's gold,
More ancient than the stories you've been told,
The light in you was never yours to earn,
You were always everything you've yet to learn

[Bridge]
You don't have to be the sun for every room you're in,
You are more than what you give, you are more than where you've been,
The cosmos didn't place you here to shrink or to perform,
You were made before the silence and you'll outlast every storm

[Outro]
So let the season open wide, let something finally land,
You were never lost — just waiting to understand,
You are held, you are known, you are more than enough,
Charlotte, you were always made of this stuff