[Verse 1]
There's a fire burning quiet just beneath your skin,
A lion-hearted soul who keeps the light locked in,
You've carried everybody else's weight so long,
You forgot the sound of your own name in your own song,
You serve and show up, steady as the southern ground,
But the one who needs your tending hasn't yet been found.

[PreChorus]
The crossroads feels like quicksand, every sign looks the same,
But being lost ain't broken, it's just calling out your name.

[Chorus]
Hold on, Kerry, the compass hasn't lied,
That quiet voice inside you is your most faithful guide,
You were written in the stars before you learned to doubt,
Hold on, Kerry, you're already finding out.

[Verse 2]
You love with everything, no half-measures, no retreat,
You'd burn the whole world down to keep the ones you love from heat,
But deep beneath that giving heart runs something fierce and still,
A current wide as winter sky that bends but never will,
You've worked so hard for worth you've always had for free,
The proof was never out there, it was always you, the key.

[PreChorus]
The mind runs fast through every door but can't pick just one road,
That searching isn't weakness, it's the gift before it's showed.

[Chorus]
Hold on, Kerry, the compass hasn't lied,
That quiet voice inside you is your most faithful guide,
You were written in the stars before you learned to doubt,
Hold on, Kerry, you're already finding out.

[Verse 3]
The in-between is heavy when you can't see the shore,
When the heart says stay and something else is knocking at the door,
But you've survived the kind of dark that changes what you know,
You've been remade by fire more than once and still you grow,
The world needs what you carry more than you have ever known,
And the path you're standing on right now is leading you back home.

[PreChorus]
The sun is in you somewhere even when the sky turns grey,
Every season has to wander just to find its way.

[Chorus]
Hold on, Kerry, the compass hasn't lied,
That quiet voice inside you is your most faithful guide,
You were written in the stars before you learned to doubt,
Hold on, Kerry, you're already finding out.

[Bridge]
You don't have to have the answer to belong right here,
You don't have to see the whole road to take the first step clear,
The universe carved you careful, every scar, every grace,
And the light that lives inside you — nothing time can erase.

[Outro]
So rest a while, let the wondering be enough,
You are not what you decide — you're made of deeper stuff.