[Verse 1]
He carries the ocean beneath a steady face
Roots running deep as time, slow and sure as grace
A mind that speaks in feeling, a heart that thinks in tides
He nurtures everyone around him, keeps his own needs inside
Built something real and lasting from the ground up with his hands
The kind of man who holds the room but no one understands

[PreChorus]
They see the calm, they don't see the pull
They see the surface, never just how full

[Chorus]
Mark, you are the tide that shapes the shore
Quietly powerful, giving more and more
The world was written in your bones before you had a name
You don't have to earn your place — you already came

[Verse 2]
He wrestles with a voice inside that counts his every flaw
Measures every choice he makes against some perfect law
But that precision is a lantern, not a chain around his soul
Every detail that he notices is just him making whole
He's served behind the scenes so long the spotlight feels unfair
But the fire burning quietly in him was always meant to flare

[PreChorus]
He's built his worth on solid ground and stone
But worth like his was never his to loan

[Chorus]
Mark, you are the tide that shapes the shore
Quietly powerful, giving more and more
The world was written in your bones before you had a name
You don't have to earn your place — you already came

[Verse 3]
He loves like something ancient, like a shelter in the rain
Tender and devoted, but he's scared to need the same
There's a longing in him wider than the distance he has walked
A whole horizon full of truth he's carried but not talked
The universe laid steady hands on everything he'd be
A man built out of deep water, roots, and loyalty

[PreChorus]
He's always been the compass, rarely the one found
It's time someone reminded him — he's sacred ground

[Chorus]
Mark, you are the tide that shapes the shore
Quietly powerful, giving more and more
The world was written in your bones before you had a name
You don't have to earn your place — you already came

[Bridge]
Every scar became a doorway, every doubt became a guide
There's a whole sky worth of meaning living just behind those eyes
The life you've built is evidence of everything you are
You were never lost, just taking the long way to your star

[Outro]
Rest now, you have earned it, you have always been enough
The deepest kind of love is in the way you never gave up