[Verse 1]
You were born where the snow holds its breath at night
Half in shadow, half in a soft blue light
A dreamer's gaze in a thinker's frame
The world never quite knew what to call your name
You feel the room before a word is spoken
You mend what's bruised and carry what's broken
Ingrid, you move like water over stone
Never alone, but at home on your own

[PreChorus]
There's a fire behind your careful eyes
A truth you've learned to wear as a disguise
You weigh the world, then step into the flame
Nothing about you ever stays the same

[Chorus]
Ingrid, the quiet fire, the steady hand
Feet in the earth, heart in a further land
You love like a window left open wide
With the whole wide sky somewhere inside

[Verse 2]
You've built your walls from the lessons you learned
Every soft thing guarded, every trust earned
But when you laugh, the whole room turns to gold
A child's delight in a soul that's old
You carry your people like warmth in a coat
A song in your chest you've always half-wrote
You ask the big questions, then sit with the doubt
And trust the answers will find their way out

[PreChorus]
There's a fire behind your careful eyes
A truth you've learned to wear as a disguise
You weigh the world, then step into the flame
Nothing about you ever stays the same

[Chorus]
Ingrid, the quiet fire, the steady hand
Feet in the earth, heart in a further land
You love like a window left open wide
With the whole wide sky somewhere inside

[Verse 3]
There's a road ahead that you've been quietly drawing
A life you've been shaping, a self you've been thawing
The years have been teaching you how to be held
To believe you are worthy of all that you've felt
So go gently forward, the path is your own
You were never as lost as you sometimes have known
What's coming will meet you with open, kind hands
And finally, Ingrid, you'll trust where you stand

[Bridge]
You were not made for the easy, the plain
You were made for the wide open, the wonder, the rain
For the long, slow becoming, the deep, honest art
Of living a life that's true to your heart

[Chorus]
Ingrid, the quiet fire, the steady hand
Feet in the earth, heart in a further land
You love like a window left open wide
With the whole wide sky somewhere inside

[Outro]
Ingrid, the quiet fire, softly burning on
Half a dreamer, half a dawn
The world will keep turning, but something is true
It was always, and only, ever you