[Verse 1]
She learned to hold herself together before she learned to cry
Raised in a house of cold silences and reasons to get by
She poured out every drop she had and still heard "not enough"
She buried grief no mother tongue could ever help her touch
She watched a light go out too soon, a boy she couldn't keep
And carried every piece of him into her broken sleep

[PreChorus]
But carrying the world don't mean the world was ever right
There's a difference between surviving and being loved at night

[Chorus]
You were always worth it, Danine, always worth the love
Not a thing you failed to give, not a thing you weren't enough of
Danine, the stars wrote you carefully in ink that doesn't fade
You were worthy from the moment you were made

[Verse 2]
She feels everything at once like the tide inside the sea
Gentle on the surface, but the depths go endlessly
She shaped herself around the ones who couldn't hold her right
Kept the warmth inside her hands through forty years of night
Her heart believes in something pure, in love that's clean and true
The kind no one ever thought to teach her, but she always knew

[PreChorus]
The ocean doesn't ask permission, still it finds the shore
She has loved with everything, and she still has more

[Chorus]
You were always worth it, Danine, always worth the love
Not a thing you failed to give, not a thing you weren't enough of
Danine, the stars wrote you carefully in ink that doesn't fade
You were worthy from the moment you were made

[Verse 3]
She did the best she could with what two cold hands gave her
She held her children close through every trembling earthquake after
She never had a map for this, no compass, and no guide
Just a quiet, stubborn grace she somehow kept alive
And somewhere in the wreckage she became a thing of worth
A woman made of deep water, of Capricorn and earth

[PreChorus]
The sky is finally clearing now, the words are coming through
Everything you gave in love was real, and so are you

[Chorus]
You were always worth it, Danine, always worth the love
Not a thing you failed to give, not a thing you weren't enough of
Danine, the stars wrote you carefully in ink that doesn't fade
You were worthy from the moment you were made

[Bridge]
Let someone hold you now, you've held the world so long
Even rivers need the rain, even strong needs to be held by strong
The love you dreamed of, soft and true, it wasn't just a prayer
It was always meant for you, and honey, it's still there

[Outro]
You did the best you could, and that was more than enough
You were always, always worthy of love