[Verse 1]
She built her table from the planks of harder years,
Counted every nail twice, swallowed back the tears,
The ledger always balanced, every column clean,
Doing twice the labor just to once be seen,
She carried the whole household like a second skin,
But Gloria — the door you've earned is opening from within

[PreChorus]
The full moon over the valley turns the fields to silver thread,
And every truth you've worked for is rising from the dead

[Chorus]
Gloria, you are the builder and the blueprint both,
The handshake and the covenant, the harvest and the growth,
Every room you quietly filled with steadiness and care —
Gloria, the world you made is proof that you were there

[Verse 2]
She thinks in great wide arcs the way a hawk reads open sky,
Asks the reason behind the reason, never satisfied with "why,"
Loves with a passport in her pocket and a candle in her hand,
All or nothing, no halfway, she gives the whole of what she planned,
Drawn to those who match her honesty, who'll go the distance too,
The depth she pours into another — no one pours that back to you

[PreChorus]
The full moon holds its lantern up above the ridge tonight,
And every question you've been carrying is finally in the light

[Chorus]
Gloria, you are the compass and the one who charts the way,
The courage in the spoken truth, the thread that doesn't fray,
Every bond you forged through fire, every grace you chose to keep —
Gloria, that rare and loyal love you give runs fathoms deep

[Verse 3]
She walked through shifting floors in childhood's early rooms,
Learned to lay her own foundations under someone else's storms,
Grew the kind of quiet knowing that no title could contain,
Built her name from honest effort — not from flattery or gain,
Now the full moon pours its silver on the work she almost doubted,
Every year of unsung labor finally coming unrouted

[PreChorus]
The long way round was never wasted, every detour left a mark,
She learned to read the sky by lantern when there wasn't any dark

[Chorus]
Gloria, you are the legacy you chose to leave behind,
The second draft, the sharper word, the one who changed her mind,
Every boundary drawn with wisdom, every season seen it through —
Gloria, the life still opening ahead was made for you

[Bridge]
She doesn't need the verdict from the gallery to stand,
The only signature that's ever mattered is her hand,
What the long and serious labor quietly became
Is a woman who needs nothing but to answer her own name

[Outro]
The revealing light is rising, and it falls on what is true,
Gloria — every star that shaped this life was always pointing you