[Verse 1]
She carries every question like a lantern in the dark,
A mind that maps the distance between the mind and heart,
Always chasing the next horizon, the next uncharted thought,
Teaching what she's lived through, not just what she's been taught,
The dreamer who shows up with blueprints, not just hope,
A philosopher with calluses — she's more than she lets show

[PreChorus]
But the inner argument runs deep and long,
The pull between who she feels and who she's been all along

[Chorus]
Alison, the full moon's rising, flooding what's been sealed,
Every truth you've carried quietly is finally revealed,
Alison, you searched the world to find what you already knew,
The lantern that you carried for us — it belongs to you too

[Verse 2]
She falls in love the way she enters rooms — headfirst, unafraid,
No fine print, no rehearsal, she lays it all displayed,
But trust has been a ledger where the debits don't quite balance,
Where guarding her own heart has cost her some of her radiance,
She rallies the collective, fights for causes, builds the road,
Then wonders why the group moves on before she's shared the load

[PreChorus]
The tension isn't failure — it's the forge she never named,
Where every bold beginning met the patience that she claimed

[Chorus]
Alison, the full moon's eye sees through the polished shell,
Into all the stories that you never got to tell,
Alison, your voice built stages others stood upon with ease,
Now the light is aimed at you — step forward, if you please

[Verse 3]
The childhood home held currents no one ever spoke aloud,
A quiet, shifting underfoundation wrapped in cloud,
She learned to build her sanctuary inward, room by room,
To trust the knowing in her bones before the answers bloom,
And what she thought were detours — the disruptions, the restarts —
Were just the longer corridor that opened to her art

[PreChorus]
The sky above has always known the distance she has run,
Now something in that distance turns her gently toward the sun

[Chorus]
Alison, the full moon's clearing every crowded hall,
Showing you the difference between giving and giving all,
Alison, the searcher and the dreamer and the guide,
Come home now to the self you kept so carefully inside

[Bridge]
She built the map that others used and called it just her way,
She set the table every time and rarely chose to stay,
But every page she wrote for them was written in her hand,
It's time she read the dedication — finally understand

[Outro]
Alison, the moon is full and everything is clear,
The life you've lit for everyone else starts right here