[Verse 1]
There's a stillness that you carry like a stone worn smooth by time,
A patience built from winters, from the long and steady climb,
You smile across the table while a whole world turns inside,
They see the calm, they never see the tide,
You've built your life on bedrock, every brick laid by your hand,
Not for the praise of anyone, but just to know you stand,
There's a fire in you that moves before the world can catch its breath,
A spark that lives between your first thought and the next,

[PreChorus]
And you've held it all together when the ground refused to stay,
You've been the one that others lean on at the end of every day,
But who has ever asked you what you needed to remain,

[Chorus]
Lou, you are the mountain and the rain,
You are the ancient quiet and the flame,
Every road that broke you made you more yourself,
You were written in the stars before they fell,
Lou, you don't have to earn what's always been your own,
You are held, you are whole, you are home,

[Verse 2]
Your mind runs like a river toward the wide and open sea,
Chasing meaning over mountains, asking what things ought to be,
You think in panoramas when the world thinks small and plain,
Your honesty could cut through stone and call it by its name,
You love the way the roots love water, deep beneath the ground,
Loyal past the point of reason, steady past the sound,
But in the rooms where no one's looking, there's a longing you've kept near,
To be known without performing, to be loved without the fear,

[PreChorus]
And you've held it all together when the ground refused to stay,
You've been the one that others lean on at the end of every day,
But who has ever asked you what you needed to remain,

[Chorus]
Lou, you are the mountain and the rain,
You are the ancient quiet and the flame,
Every road that broke you made you more yourself,
You were written in the stars before they fell,
Lou, you don't have to earn what's always been your own,
You are held, you are whole, you are home,

[Verse 3]
You've carried something nameless in the marrow of your bones,
A wound that came from giving all your worth to others' thrones,
You worked until your hands forgot what resting even meant,
And called the ache accomplishment, and called the cost well-spent,
But every scar became the map of somewhere you had been,
Every loss became a lantern lighting something deep within,
You've broken cycles nobody ever named out loud,
You healed what you inherited and never once bowed,

[PreChorus]
And you've held it all together when the ground refused to stay,
You've been the one that others lean on at the end of every day,
But who has ever asked you what you needed to remain,

[Chorus]
Lou, you are the mountain and the rain,
You are the ancient quiet and the flame,
Every road that broke you made you more yourself,
You were written in the stars before they fell,
Lou, you don't have to earn what's always been your own,
You are held, you are whole, you are home,

[Bridge]
The world you dream of, the one you've always known could be,
It lives inside the way you see, the way you choose to free,
You were never too much and you were never not enough,
You were always the horizon, always wide, always love,
There's a compass in your chest that never asked for maps or signs,
It just knew the way through darkness, just kept drawing its own lines,

[Outro]
Let the ground hold you now, let the sky do the rest,
What you've built from the inside is your very best,
Every version of you that you thought was too raw,
Was the truest and the finest thing the cosmos ever saw,