Verse: D Bm The star, F#m E that gives us light D Bm Has been gone a while F#m E But it’s not an illusion D Bm The ache F#m E In my heart D Bm F#m E Is so much a part of who I am Pre-Chorus: A Bm Something in your eyes F#m E Took a thousand years to get here A Bm Something in your eyes F#m E Took a thousand years, a thousand years Chorus: D Bm F#m E Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go. D Bm F#m E Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know D Bm F#m E Hold me close the darkness just lets us see D Bm Who we are F#m E I’ve got your life inside of me D Bm F#m E Iris… D Bm F#m E Iris… Verse: D Bm F#m E D Bm Once we are born, we begin to forget F#m E The very reason we came D Bm But you F#m E I’m sure I’ve met D Bm Long before the night the stars went out F#m E We’re meeting up again Chorus: D Bm F#m E Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go. D Bm F#m E Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know D Bm F#m E Hold me close the darkness just lets us see D Bm Who we are F#m E I’ve got your life inside of me D Bm F#m E Iris… D Bm F#m E Iris… Bridge: A Bm F#m E The stars are bright but do they know A Bm F#m E The universe is beautiful but cold Outro: D You took me by the hand Bm F#m I thought that I was leading you E D But it was you made me your man Bm Machine F#m I dream E Where you are D Bm Iris standing in the hall F#m E She tells me I can do it all D Bm Iris wakes to my nightmares F#m E Don’t fear the world it isn’t there D Bm Iris playing on the strand F#m E She buries the boy beneath the sand, D Bm F#m Iris says that I will be the death of her E It was not me D Bm F#m E Iris… D Bm F#m E Iris… D Bm Free yourself, to be yourself F#m E if only you could see yourself D Bm Free yourself, to be yourself F#m E if only you could see…
