[Verse 1]
He carries the fire like a quieter kind of sun,
Warm enough to hold a room before the night's begun,
Roots run deep beneath the surface where he builds his ground,
A lion who chose loyalty over wearing his crown,
He questions every system, every wall they say is fixed,
Born to rewrite the rules with something truer in the mix,

[PreChorus]
He feels it all more deeply than he'll ever say,
A compass always searching for a meaningful way,

[Chorus]
Ian, you were written in the oldest light,
A steady flame that burns through the middle of the night,
Every road you've wandered has been leading you true,
The stars knew what they were doing when they fashioned you,

[Verse 2]
He loves in careful detail, in the things he won't announce,
The quiet way he shows up when it matters, every ounce,
There's a restlessness inside him like a horizon line,
Always one belief away from feeling fully fine,
He's carried old resistance like a coat he can't put down,
But the searching made him wiser, and the doubt became the crown,

[PreChorus]
He's been the anchor others lean on through the storm,
A depth of still water underneath the warm,

[Chorus]
Ian, you were written in the oldest light,
A steady flame that burns through the middle of the night,
Every road you've wandered has been leading you true,
The stars knew what they were doing when they fashioned you,

[Verse 3]
There's a wound around the world not seeing what he's worth,
The kind of quiet ache that lives beneath the mirth,
But every unrewarded hour built a different kind of sight,
He measures his own victories by integrity, not height,
A mind that won't stop turning over every stone it finds,
Is just a soul too honest for the surface of things,

[PreChorus]
He is more than what he's proven, more than what they've seen,
The truest version of himself is everything between,

[Chorus]
Ian, you were written in the oldest light,
A steady flame that burns through the middle of the night,
Every road you've wandered has been leading you true,
The stars knew what they were doing when they fashioned you,

[Bridge]
The universe mapped him carefully before the first breath came,
Every contradiction, every scar, every untamed flame,
He doesn't need to earn his place or justify his soul,
He arrived here already whole,

[Outro]
So rest in what you are, not what you've yet to prove,
The cosmos has been faithful, it has always loved you true,
Ian, you are held in something wider than the sky,
And you were always, always worth the light,