[Verse 1]
You move like water through a world that needs your flow
With a heart that feels what others never know
There's an ocean in your chest, deep and wide
Where emotions crash like waves you try to hide
You love with fire, quick and true
But doubt creeps in when the spark feels new

[PreChorus]
You've built walls around your dreams, afraid they'll disappear
But every storm you've weathered proves you're stronger than your fear

[Chorus]
Marlene, you're a river running toward the sea
Marlene, you're exactly who you're meant to be
The world needs your compassion, needs your gentle flame
Marlene, you don't have to carry all the shame

[Verse 2]
Your mind works differently, thinking three steps ahead
Seeing patterns in the chaos, voices in your head
You speak in whispers when you should be loud
But your ideas could move mountains, shift the crowd
Behind that quiet smile lives a revolutionary
A healer and a dreamer, visionary

[PreChorus]
You've learned to dim your light to make others feel safe
But your brilliance wasn't meant to hide behind that face

[Chorus]
Marlene, you're a river running toward the sea
Marlene, you're exactly who you're meant to be
The world needs your compassion, needs your gentle flame
Marlene, you don't have to carry all the shame

[Verse 3]
You feel too much sometimes, absorb what isn't yours
The weight of all that empathy behind closed doors
Your sensitivity's a gift disguised as pain
Each tear you've shed has watered someone else's grain
You're practical in love but wild in dreams
Nothing is ever quite the way it seems

[PreChorus]
You've been told you're too intense, too soft, too hard to read
But your complexity's the thing this broken world needs

[Chorus]
Marlene, you're a river running toward the sea
Marlene, you're exactly who you're meant to be
The world needs your compassion, needs your gentle flame
Marlene, you don't have to carry all the shame

[Verse 4]
There's a leader in you waiting to emerge
Standing at the crossroads of your deepest urge
To heal and to create, to love and to reform
You're the calm within the chaos, shelter in the storm
Your journey isn't over, it's just begun
You're learning how to shine while being someone

[Bridge]
Every contradiction makes you whole
Every broken piece part of your soul
You don't need permission to take up space
The universe has mapped your healing grace

[Outro]
So trust the current underneath your feet
Let your guard down, let yourself be seen complete
You're guided by the stars that saw you first
Your tender heart's your blessing, not your curse