[Verse 1]
Born beneath a summer sky with fire in his name,
A lion with a gentle hand who never plays for fame,
He carries what he's built with care, each stone laid true and right,
The kind of man who holds the room without demanding light,
Something steady in his roots, something wide in his gaze,
A whole life worth of gold refined through ordinary days,

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they don't see the tide,
All that depth and devotion running deep inside,

[Chorus]
Forever young, that's you, Ted,
Every chapter worth more than what's been said,
The best we've ever had, still becoming more,
Unlimited, celebrated, gifted to the core,

[Verse 2]
He loves in quiet details, in the things he won't forget,
A steadiness that asks for nothing, gives without regret,
He's wrestled with the weight of wanting everything done right,
That hunger for perfection lit by an unrelenting light,
But every scar became a story, every struggle became ground,
And all that careful tending — look at what has now been found,

[PreChorus]
He built a world worth coming home to every time,
A family gathered at the shore, a life that shines,

[Chorus]
Forever young, that's you, Ted,
Every chapter worth more than what's been said,
The best we've ever had, still becoming more,
Unlimited, celebrated, gifted to the core,

[Verse 3]
The skies are opening wider now, abundance on its way,
A golden season breaking through to illuminate the day,
The Baijings at the water's edge, the waves, the wind, the sand,
The kind of moment held so close it slips through no one's hand,
Leo season crowns the one who's always been the heart,
The cosmos wrote him carefully — a masterpiece of art,

[PreChorus]
You don't need to earn what always has been true,
You are guided, you are held, the world needs you,

[Chorus]
Forever young, that's you, Ted,
Every chapter worth more than what's been said,
The best we've ever had, still becoming more,
Unlimited, celebrated, gifted to the core,

[Bridge]
The stars don't shine for nothing and they chose your sky with care,
Every gift you carry quietly — the world already knows it's there,
Respected, talented, a soul that time cannot contain,
Forever young and rising, love, you'll never be the same,

[Outro]
Still the best, still the most, still becoming,
Ted, the story's far from done,
Every sunrise finds you, golden, running,
Forever young beneath the sun,