[Verse 1]
There's a mountain in the way you hold your ground,
Steady hands that never make a sound,
You carry what the world would call a weight,
But that's just how you love — you build, you wait,
They see the calm, they don't see the tide,
All those currents running deep inside,
A mind like bedrock, quiet and precise,
While underneath, an ocean pays the price,

[PreChorus]
You've worn responsibility like a second skin,
Holding everyone together while you crumble from within,
But that's not weakness, that's a kind of ancient grace,
A soul that learned to build a shelter from an unsheltered place,

[Chorus]
Oh Bryce, you are more than what you carry,
More than every burden you've decided not to share,
Oh Bryce, let the river finally reach you,
You've been strong enough for lifetimes, now it's safe to just be there,

[Verse 2]
You love like something rooted, slow to grow,
But once it's planted, nothing stops the flow,
You don't hand pieces out to anyone who asks,
You read the room, you study all the cracks,
And when you finally let someone come close,
You give the things that matter to you most,
Not flowers on a Monday, not a verse,
But showing up in silence — which is worse,
No — which is more, which costs you everything,
That kind of love is rare, it's the real thing,

[PreChorus]
There are days you've asked yourself if you're enough,
Searched the mirror for the proof behind the tough,
But the question itself is proof of who you are —
Only tender hearts look that far,

[Chorus]
Oh Bryce, you are more than what you carry,
More than every burden you've decided not to share,
Oh Bryce, let the river finally reach you,
You've been strong enough for lifetimes, now it's safe to just be there,

[Verse 3]
You've walked through rooms where no one knew your name,
And wore your quiet like a settled flame,
Not cold, just careful — there's a difference there,
You've been misread by people who don't dare,
To look beneath the surface where you live,
Past all the measured ways you choose to give,
There's something ancient woven in your bones,
A compass built from everything you've known,
The world keeps asking you to be less deep,
But depth like yours was never yours to keep —
It was meant to pour into the hands of those,
Who needed someone steady when the cold wind blows,

[PreChorus]
So let the searching rest a little while,
Let the meaning find you past the miles,
You don't have to earn the right to take up space,
The universe wrote you with intention and with grace,

[Chorus]
Oh Bryce, you are more than what you carry,
More than every burden you've decided not to share,
Oh Bryce, let the river finally reach you,
You've been strong enough for lifetimes, now it's safe to just be there,

[Bridge]
Every wound that made you question your own worth,
Was the very thing that rooted you to earth,
Every time you swallowed something hard alone,
You were planting something sacred, you were finding home,
The stars don't make mistakes in what they form,
And you were written careful — written warm,
There's a path ahead that's asking for your light,
Not the polished version — just the real one, just tonight,

[Outro]
So rest inside the knowing, let it hold,
You were never less for being soft or bold,
The tide inside you isn't something to be tamed,
It's the whole of who you are — and it deserves to be claimed,