[Verse 1]
There's a fire in the marrow and a mountain in the mind,
A heart that holds the whole world while it leaves itself behind,
You speak with all the warmth of something ancient, something true,
And still you wonder quietly if anyone sees you,
They see the calm, they don't see the tide,
All those currents running deep inside,
The way you carry burdens like they're feathers, like they're fine,
When really you've been holding up the sky for a long, long time,

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But the roots go down beneath the ground you've walked alone,
And everything you've weathered, it has quietly made you whole,

[Chorus]
You are the lantern and the long road home,
The kind of strength that only deepens as it grows,
You've built a life from what you couldn't say out loud,
And every scar you carry is a reason to be proud,
The stars wrote something careful when they drew your line,
A soul that burns like daylight and outlasts the night,
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet,
You were already worthy before you proved a thing,

[Verse 2]
You've loved like something ancient, like a river steady-wide,
Generous before they ask you, loyal past the turning tide,
You want the real thing, nothing hollow, nothing half,
A love that lasts through all the seasons, built to outlast the aftermath,
But you've learned to guard the doorway to your chest,
Taught yourself that needing less was passing some kind of test,
And the world mistook your silence for a wall made out of stone,
Never knowing how much tenderness you carry on your own,

[PreChorus]
But the love you've kept in waiting, it was never meant to rust,
It was ageing into wisdom, it was ripening into trust,

[Chorus]
You are the lantern and the long road home,
The kind of strength that only deepens as it grows,
You've built a life from what you couldn't say out loud,
And every scar you carry is a reason to be proud,
The stars wrote something careful when they drew your line,
A soul that burns like daylight and outlasts the night,
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet,
You were already worthy before you proved a thing,

[Verse 3]
There's a seeker underneath the surface always reaching for the edge,
Some horizon past the familiar, some unspoken kind of pledge,
You've never been content with only what you're handed here,
There's a bigger truth you're chasing, something vast and something clear,
And your mind moves like the open land, it never quite stands still,
Every question is a doorway and you've always climbed the hill,
Some have called it restless, but they couldn't read the map,
Of a spirit built for wandering and always finding back,

[PreChorus]
'Cause the wisdom you've been gathering was never meant to keep,
It was always meant for others it was always meant to reach,

[Chorus]
You are the lantern and the long road home,
The kind of strength that only deepens as it grows,
You've built a life from what you couldn't say out loud,
And every scar you carry is a reason to be proud,
The stars wrote something careful when they drew your line,
A soul that burns like daylight and outlasts the night,
You don't have to earn the ground beneath your feet,
You were already worthy before you proved a thing,

[Verse 4]
There was a time you shaped yourself to what the world would take,
Gave away the softest pieces just to ease somebody's ache,
Poured yourself into the cracks of everyone around,
And then stood in all that quiet asking where you could be found,
But the compass always pointed back toward your own true north,
Toward the version of yourself you've been too careful to put forth,
The one who doesn't need applause to know their work is sound,
The one who finally lets themselves be lost before they're found,

[PreChorus]
And the life that waits ahead of you is wider than you've dreamed,
Everything you've carried brought you closer than it seemed,

[Chorus]
You are the lantern and the long road home,
The kind of strength that only deepens as it grows,