**[Verse 1]**  
Met you on a one-time night, then time hit pause  
A whole year of quiet, like a song without the drop  
But in that first second of that first first date  
I felt it in my chest like a light I couldn’t fake  
Then we came back around, like we never left  
Second date, same spark—yeah, it caught its breath  
And suddenly it was always you, always us  
No slow fade, no maybe—just a runaway rush  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
You were the brave in the sky, the edge of the freefall  
Now you’re the steady hands when our whole world calls  
And I watch you choose us like it’s easy to do  
But I know what you gave up, and I love you for it too  

**[Chorus]**  
So happy birthday, Chase—turn the lights up, let it play  
You’re my best friend, my “stay in,” my favorite kind of day  
From helicopters to the living room, you still take my breath away  
Yeah, happy birthday, Chase  
I’d wait that year a thousand times, just to land here in your name  
’Cause you’re the one—no doubt, no space  
Happy birthday, Chase  

**[Verse 2]**  
You used to chase the clouds, you used to live that height  
Helicopter blades and open air, skydiving into night  
Now you’re chasing little feet, bedtime stories, morning mess  
And somehow that’s the wildest kind of fearless I’ve seen yet  
You’re the father of my kids, the home inside the noise  
The calm between the chaos, the reason I believe in joy  
My favorite couch potato, my forever on the screen  
The person I want to do life with—every ordinary scene  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
And I know there’s a part of you that misses all that flight  
But you trade it for our laughter, and you never make it light  
So when I look at you, I don’t just see a man who changed  
I see a love that chose a landing, and it still feels like flames  

**[Chorus]**  
So happy birthday, Chase—turn the lights up, let it play  
You’re my best friend, my “stay in,” my favorite kind of day  
From helicopters to the living room, you still take my breath away  
Yeah, happy birthday, Chase  
I’d wait that year a thousand times, just to land here in your name  
’Cause you’re the one—no doubt, no space  
Happy birthday, Chase  

**[Bridge]**  
If the world goes quiet, I’ll be your sky again  
We’ll find the edge of midnight, let the moment lift your hands  
But tonight I just want you close, heart to heart, no rush  
In the glow of all we built, in the warmth of all that trust  
You’re still my adrenaline, just wearing different shoes  
Still my once-in-a-lifetime, in everything you choose  

**[Final Chorus / Outro]**  
Happy birthday, Chase—turn the lights up, let it play  
You’re my best friend, my “stay in,” my favorite kind of day  
From freefall to forever, you still take my breath away  
Yeah, happy birthday, Chase  
We were one date, then a year, then a life that never changed  
’Cause you’re the one—no doubt, no space  
Happy birthday, Chase  
Happy birthday, Chase