[Verse 1]
He was born reading the room before he crossed the door,
Carrying the weight of questions no one asked him for,
A mind that moved in two directions at once, always wide,
And a heart that dove to depths the surface world would hide,
The boy who built his confidence from scratch, not from applause,
Who learned the hidden rules of trust before he learned the laws,

[PreChorus]
But every conversation, every door he opened wide,
Was a map he drew of who he was, not what they'd have him hide,

[Chorus]
Nick, you were forged in the searching, not the found,
In the fire of big ideas and the deep, transforming ground,
The full life is the one you chase with your hands wide and your chest high,
Nick, every road you've run has brought you closer to your sky,

[Verse 2]
He loves with wit and loyalty, a joke and then a truth,
Three texts where one would do, because the words feel like the proof,
He's the friend who makes the long drive seem like half the time,
Who'll champion someone else's cause before he champions mine,
But there's a ledger underneath the laughter, long unpaid,
The credit he extends to all — on his own name, delayed,

[PreChorus]
The doors swung inward and the doors swung out,
And every hinge he oiled was his own unspoken doubt,

[Chorus]
Nick, the anthem has been yours since the beginning of the run,
Not waiting for permission, not a shadow of the sun,
The mind that cuts through fog, the voice that doesn't bend or lie,
Nick, every road you've run has led you back to your own sky,

[Verse 3]
Now the long year tips toward evening, and the harvest fills the air,
The things he planted in the dark are ripening out there,
He rewrote the script on legacy before the final act,
He stood inside the wreckage of old systems and fought back,
The visionary with the builder's hands, the bold unconventional,
Who made the unorthodox career the most essential,

[PreChorus]
The equinox arrives and holds the day and night the same,
And everything he is stands level, finally, with his name,

[Chorus]
Nick, the reckoning is gentle and the reckoning is due,
The depths you dived to find yourself have surfaced into you,
No more measuring your magnitude against another's eye,
Nick, every road you've run has opened into open sky,

[Bridge]
He questioned every institution, argued for the truth,
He carried his own early silence forward into proof,
The home he builds is not the one that left a hollow door,
He is the safety now he searched for before,

[Outro]
Nick, the equinox has come, the scales are finally right,
You spent a lifetime being the signal — now receive the light,