[Verse 1]
Anna, you were brave before you ever had the choice,
You learned to be your own defender and your own voice.
Nobody handed you the courage, so you carved it out of stone,
And learned to be the strong one long before you were grown.
Your mind runs fast, a hundred thoughts before the morning light,
You talk your feelings out loud till they finally sit right.
You'd fight the whole world for a friend who's being wronged,
But you go quiet on the things you've wanted all along.

[Pre-Chorus]
How long have you been carrying the weight of everyone?
How long since someone asked you how you're holding on?

[Chorus]
Anna, you're a fire that learned how to wait,
Not a spark that's gone by morning, but the kind that's here to stay.
You were never meant to rush, you were meant to last,
The sweetest part of everything was never in your past.
So rest your hands, let someone else carry the load,
The stars kept the best of you for further down the road.

[Verse 2]
There's a softness that you hide, a quiet underneath,
You feel what other people feel before they even speak.
Somewhere early, someone made you doubt the words you'd say,
So you learned to weigh each one before you let it get away.
You loved with open hands and saw the best in every heart,
Even ones who only knew the way to take a thing apart.
And still you never let it make you bitter or make you hard,
You just kept your heart wide open and you kept a gentler guard.

[Pre-Chorus]
Every hurt you carried quietly became a kind of ear,
Now strangers tell you secrets they've been holding in for years.

[Chorus]
Anna, you're a fire that learned how to wait,
Not a spark that's gone by morning, but the kind that's here to stay.
You were never meant to rush, you were meant to last,
The sweetest part of everything was never in your past.
So rest your hands, let someone else carry the load,
The stars kept the best of you for further down the road.

[Verse 3]
You love in ways that people feel: a plate, a coat, a call,
The kind of care that doesn't need a single word at all.
You turned yourself into a home for everyone you knew,
But somewhere in the open doors, you lost a room for you.
You need a love that talks with you until the night runs thin,
And steady hands that stay when all your restless thoughts begin.
You've stood beside the fierce ones and kept the peace for two,
Now let someone be gentle and keep the peace for you.

[Pre-Chorus]
Put down the list, there's nothing left to prove,
You've earned the right to let the good things come to you.

[Chorus]
Anna, you're a fire that learned how to wait,
Not a spark that's gone by morning, but the kind that's here to stay.
You were never meant to rush, you were meant to last,
The sweetest part of everything was never in your past.
So rest your hands, let someone else carry the load,
The stars kept the best of you for further down the road.

[Bridge]
The hardest years were only laying stone beneath your feet,
Now you're building something steady, something simple, something sweet.
The voice you used to doubt is gonna carry someone home,
And the peace you gave to everyone is finally your own.
The second half is where your story's always been going,
A garden after fire, and look, it's already growing.

[Outro]
So let that fire burn low, and let it warm the room,
Anna, the ones who wait the longest get the fullest bloom.