[Verse 1]
There's a mind that never settles, always reaching for the new,
A thousand conversations running every time you move,
You light up every room you're in without even trying hard,
A curious soul who reads the world like pages from a card,
But underneath that easy laugh, beneath the wit and grace,
There's someone who has wondered if they're worthy of their place,
You've built your walls around your worth like mortar holding stone,
Carrying more than anyone could ever see or know

[PreChorus]
They see the surface, quick and bright,
They don't see the depth you hold at night,
The questions turning slow and deep,
The silent promises you keep

[Chorus]
But Darren, you are more than what the surface shows,
A river running deeper than the current ever flows,
The world has tried to measure you in ways that don't apply,
You're every shade of ocean underneath a twin-soul sky,
Darren, let the tides come in, you don't have to hold the shore,
You were written in the stars before you knew what you were for

[Verse 2]
You love like something steady but with lightning underneath,
A warmth that reaches inward before anything can breathe,
You need a hand that holds you loose, a love that lets you roam,
But circles back to something true and calls it feeling home,
There's a fire in the way you move when something lights your soul,
A passion that was never made for playing small or cold,
And though the wound of worth has walked beside you all these years,
You've turned the weight of it to wisdom, turned the ache to gear

[PreChorus]
They see the strength, they miss the cost,
They don't know everything you've crossed,
The quiet battles fought alone,
The roots you've grown without a throne

[Chorus]
But Darren, you are more than what the surface shows,
A river running deeper than the current ever flows,
The world has tried to measure you in ways that don't apply,
You're every shade of ocean underneath a twin-soul sky,
Darren, let the tides come in, you don't have to hold the shore,
You were written in the stars before you knew what you were for

[Bridge]
There's a compass deep inside you pointing somewhere true,
Not a destination made for everyone, just made for you,
You've walked between the dreamer and the one who builds the ground,
And every time you lost your way, you were the one you found,
The things you carry lightly are the things that weigh the most,
The ones you love the hardest are the ones you hold as close,
You don't have to keep on proving what was never up for proof,
The universe already knows the whole of you, the truth

[Outro]
So rest inside the knowing that your presence is enough,
That every contradiction is the texture of your love,
You are ancient in the places where you've learned to quietly grow,
And you were always worth the world, even when you didn't know