[Verse 1]
There's a tide that moves in you no one else can read,
A current running fathoms deep beneath the need,
You wear the calm like something practiced, held in place,
But underneath there's oceans moving, full of grace,
You feel it all before the words have time to form,
A Cancer heart that builds its shelter from the storm,
The kind of mind that holds a memory like a song,
And finds the meaning in the spaces all along

[PreChorus]
They see the steady hands, they miss the midnight sea,
The one who holds the world together quietly,
But every tide you've carried, every wall you've made,
Was never weakness, it was wisdom, unafraid

[Chorus]
Paul, you are the depth the surface never shows,
The kind of love that roots before it ever grows,
Built from something ancient, patient, true, and real,
You are not what you hide, you are everything you feel,
Paul, the stars mapped out a soul like yours with care,
Written in the salt and silence, always there

[Verse 2]
You've measured every step by what it's worth to stay,
Carried what was heavy like it was a chosen way,
There's a mountain in you that has learned to hold its ground,
Determined to keep standing when the world falls down,
A Capricorn moon that keeps its hunger tightly reined,
That earns before it rests, that builds before it's named,
But underneath the duty there is something soft and wide,
A person who deserves the care they pour on every side

[PreChorus]
They see the one who shows up, does the work, moves on,
They don't see all the weight you carry all day long,
But every scar you've shouldered, every silent fight,
Has given you a gravity that steadies other lives

[Chorus]
Paul, you are the depth the surface never shows,
The kind of love that roots before it ever grows,
Built from something ancient, patient, true, and real,
You are not what you hide, you are everything you feel,
Paul, the stars mapped out a soul like yours with care,
Written in the salt and silence, always there

[Verse 3]
You love like something that was never meant to fade,
Like a promise made in private that the years have stayed,
You don't love halfway, you give the whole of what you know,
The kind of loyalty that doesn't need a show,
There's a fire in you too, one that asks the bigger things,
That wants to understand the why beneath the wings,
A seeker in a quiet coat, a thinker, a believer,
A man who holds the world with something deeper

[PreChorus]
They see the life you've built, the ground beneath your feet,
They miss the restless soul that made the search complete,
But every question that you carried, every door you found,
Was not you being lost, it was you being found

[Chorus]
Paul, you are the depth the surface never shows,
The kind of love that roots before it ever grows,
Built from something ancient, patient, true, and real,
You are not what you hide, you are everything you feel,
Paul, the stars mapped out a soul like yours with care,
Written in the salt and silence, always there

[Bridge]
You don't have to fix it all to be enough today,
You don't have to earn the right to simply stay,
The moon has known your name since long before the dawn,
And everything you've carried has been making you strong,
Rest in who you are, not just in what you do,
The universe has always been in love with you

[Outro]
So let the tide come in, let the deep run free,
You are more than all the parts they thought to see,
Grounded in the earth, written in the sea,
Paul, you are exactly who you were born to be