[Verse 1]
There's a steady heart that beats beneath the surface noise
A love so deep it drowns out all the other voices
You carry wisdom like an ancient oak tree
Roots that run so deep the storms can't shake you free
The way you hold the world inside your chest
Makes broken things feel safe enough to rest

[Chorus]
Carla, you're the calm before the dawn
The gentle strength that helps the weary carry on
Every scar became a story, every wound became a song
Carla, you've been holding on so long

[Verse 2]
You think in colors most will never see
Paint with words that set the restless spirit free
There's fire in your mind that moves like lightning
Quick and bright, forever redefining
You love like something sacred and complete
A prayer that makes the broken feel less weak

[Chorus]
Carla, you're the calm before the dawn
The gentle strength that helps the weary carry on
Every scar became a story, every wound became a song
Carla, you've been holding on so long

[Verse 3]
You've built walls around your tender places
Learned to smile through all the hardest phases
But underneath the careful composition
Lives a heart that knows its holy mission
To shelter every soul that finds your door
And love them back to who they were before

[Chorus]
Carla, you're the calm before the dawn
The gentle strength that helps the weary carry on
Every scar became a story, every wound became a song
Carla, you've been holding on so long

[Verse 4]
The universe has mapped your gentle path
Through tides of joy and seasons of your wrath
You don't need to be perfect, just present and true
The cosmos wrote you carefully, with ink that never fades through
There's a compass pointing home inside your heart
You are guided, you are held, you're enough right from the start

[Chorus]
Carla, you're the calm before the dawn
The gentle strength that helps the weary carry on
Every scar became a story, every wound became a song
Carla, you've been holding on so long

[Bridge]
When you doubt the weight of all you carry
Know your tenderness is revolutionary
The world needs what you hold and never let it go
Your love's a healing river wherever you may flow

[Outro]
You're enough exactly as you are tonight
A steady flame, a soft and lasting light
The earth itself rejoices where you've grown
In your heart, you've always been home