[Verse 1]
You were born at the end of something old
Where the quiet holds more than what's ever been told
You learned early the weight of a well-chosen word
And the ache of a truth that you thought no one heard
Carla, you've carried a patience like stone
Built something from nothing in rooms of your own
You don't rush to the light — you become it instead
With a mind full of visions and a will forged from thread

[PreChorus]
You feel everything deeper than you let them see
A mountain on the outside, and a river underneath

[Chorus]
The stars didn't waste you on easy or small
They gave you the kind of soul that carries them all
You love like a promise, you think like a tide
You were made for the depth, Carla, not for the side
Not for the side

[Verse 2]
You've always known things before they arrive
That feeling of knowing just keeping you alive
You pick who you trust like a jewel from the earth
And once you have chosen, you know what they're worth
Your heart doesn't scatter — it goes all the way
And the ones that you keep, they will always want to stay
But the wound of not landing the words that you mean
Has kept something precious still mostly unseen

[PreChorus]
You feel everything deeper than you let them see
A mountain on the outside, and a river underneath

[Chorus]
The stars didn't waste you on easy or small
They gave you the kind of soul that carries them all
You love like a promise, you think like a tide
You were made for the depth, Carla, not for the side
Not for the side

[Verse 3]
There's a fire in you that the world almost missed
It kept itself guarded behind a clenched fist
But the work that you do and the care that you give
Is the proof that you're learning exactly how to live
You were never the kind to perform or to preach
You just quietly arrive somewhere just out of reach
And the ones paying attention — they already know
That the real you is something they're watching outgrow

[PreChorus]
You feel everything deeper than you let them see
A mountain on the outside, and a river underneath

[Chorus]
The stars didn't waste you on easy or small
They gave you the kind of soul that carries them all
You love like a promise, you think like a tide
You were made for the depth, Carla, not for the side
Not for the side

[Verse 4]
There's a chapter ahead that you haven't yet named
Where surrender and power will feel just the same
Where you trade what feels certain for what's finally true
And the life you've been building will start building you
Carla, the ending you feared was a door
And whatever you're grieving, you don't need it anymore
Let the things that you've outgrown return to the ground
You were always the one who was meant to be found

[PreChorus]
You feel everything deeper than you let them see
A mountain on the outside, and a river underneath

[Chorus]
The stars didn't waste you on easy or small
They gave you the kind of soul that carries them all
You love like a promise, you think like a tide
You were made for the depth, Carla, not for the side
Not for the side

[Bridge]
And I know you don't ask for much
You never wanted to be too much
But the ones who have loved you have always agreed
That there's nothing about you the world doesn't need

[Outro]
So go on, Carla, steady and slow
You were always becoming the thing that you know
Not the noise, not the rush — just the work and the grace
And a life that was made for exactly your face