[Strophe]
C        Am 
The star,
               Em    D 
that gives us light
                  C   Am 
Has been gone a while
                  Em     D 
But it’s not an illusion
     C      Am 
The ache
        Em  D 
In my heart
             C Am          Em   D 
Is so much a part of who I am
[Pre-Refrain]
G                  Am 
Something in your eyes
          Em                 D 
Took a thousand years to get here
G                  Am 
Something in your eyes
          Em                 D 
Took a thousand years, a thousan
[Refrain]
        C Am             Em                     D 
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.
        C Am             Em                     D 
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know
        C  Am        Em                  D 
Hold me close the darkness just lets us see
       C    Am 
Who we are
               Em          D 
I’ve got your life inside of me
C Am Em D x2 
Iris… Iris…
[Strophe]
C  Am       Em D              C    Am 
Once we are born, we begin to forget
                   Em  D 
The very reason we came
    C   Am 
But you
              Em  D 
I’m sure I’ve met
                  C                   Am 
Long before the night the stars went out
                   Em    D 
We’re meeting up again
[Refrain]
        C Am             Em                     D 
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.
        C Am             Em                     D 
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know
        C  Am        Em                  D 
Hold me close the darkness just lets us see
       C    Am 
Who we are
               Em          D 
I’ve got your life inside of me
C Am Em D x2 
Iris… Iris…
[Interlude]
G Am Em                 D 
        The stars are bright but do they know
G Am Em                    D 
        The universe is beautiful but cold
[Refrain]
                    C 
You took me by the hand
    Am                       Em 
I thought that I was leading you
            D                C 
But it was you made me your man
  Am 
Machine
   Em 
I dream
       D 
Where you are
C               Am 
Iris standing in the hall
     Em              D 
She tells me I can do it all
C                   Am 
Iris wakes to my nightmares
       Em                 D 
Don’t fear the world it isn’t there
C              Am 
Iris playing on the strand 
      Em               D 
She buries the boy beneath the sand,
C               Am            Em 
Iris says that I will be the death of her
D 
It was not me
C Am Em D x2 
Iris… Iris…

Free yourself, to be yourself if only you could see yourself

Free yourself, to be yourself if only you could see…