[Verse 1]
There's a current running under everything you do,
Something deep and salt-worn, ancient, pulling through,
You feel the world before it speaks, you read between the lines,
A mind that moves in metaphors, that thinks in waves and tides,
They see the steady surface, they don't see what lies below,
The dreamer and the doer locked in an undertow,
You carry other people's weight like it belongs to you,
And quietly, without a word, you see the whole thing through

[PreChorus]
You've been building something lasting in the places no one sees,
Not for the applause, but for the meaning underneath,
And every restless night you spent trying to figure out your worth,
Was just the depth of you insisting you were made for more than hurt

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the water and the flame,
The compass always pointing home, the tide that always came,
You love like something ancient, wide, and unafraid to give,
Richard, you were born exactly right, you have permission now to live,
You are seen, you are held, you are enough as you are,
The universe wrote you carefully, you are an unrepeatable star

[Verse 2]
You've got fire underneath the quiet, courage in the calm,
The kind that doesn't need to raise its voice to carry on,
You've chased the far horizon, felt the hunger of the climb,
Then wondered if your effort would be recognized in time,
You've worked when no one noticed, held the line without the praise,
Built foundations out of discipline through your long and complicated days,
But the weight you carried wasn't proof that you were falling short,
It was the proof of what you're made of, of the strength inside your core

[PreChorus]
And all the times you questioned whether you had done enough,
Were just the tender evidence of someone who refuses to give up,
You've always aimed for something true, not shallow and not small,
The higher that you've reached, the more you've learned to hold it all

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the water and the flame,
The compass always pointing home, the tide that always came,
You love like something ancient, wide, and unafraid to give,
Richard, you were born exactly right, you have permission now to live,
You are seen, you are held, you are enough as you are,
The universe wrote you carefully, you are an unrepeatable star

[Verse 3]
You've stood between the world you knew and everything that's new,
A free and rooted spirit trying to stay true,
You love with a devotion that transcends the ordinary kind,
You see the best in people like a gift you leave behind,
And yes, there have been shadows, rooms you wouldn't let them see,
Walls you built around the parts that needed to be free,
But every scar became a doorway, every wound became a guide,
And everything you've carried has been slowly making you more wide

[PreChorus]
So let the tide come in, let the old defenses rest,
You've already proven more than you were asked to manifest,
What you've offered to this world, the warmth, the depth, the care,
Is a kind of quiet legacy that's already everywhere

[Chorus]
Richard, you were written in the water and the flame,
The compass always pointing home, the tide that always came,
You love like something ancient, wide, and unafraid to give,
Richard, you were born exactly right, you have permission now to live,
You are seen, you are held, you are enough as you are,
The universe wrote you carefully, you are an unrepeatable star

[Bridge]
You don't need to earn the right to rest inside your own skin,
You don't need to prove the light that you've been carrying within,
The questions that have kept you up, the hunger and the doubt,
Were never signs that something's wrong, they're what you're all about,
You were made to go the distance, but also to arrive,
Not just to push and reach and strive, but to be fully alive

[Outro]
So let the water hold you now, let the current carry through,
There's a grace already written in the depths of who you are,
And the world is richer, warmer, fuller just for having you