[Estrofa]
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-Estribillo]
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
[Estribillo]
        C Am             Em     
Hold me close, hold me close and
                D 
 don’t let me go.
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.
        C Am             Em        
Hold me close like I’m someone that
             D 
 you might know
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know
        C  Am        Em             
Hold me close the darkness just lets
     D 
 us see
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…
[Estrofa]
C  Am       Em D             
Once we are born, we begin to
 C    Am 
 forget
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                 
Long before the night the stars went
  Am 
 out
Long before the night the stars went out
                   Em    D 
We’re meeting up again
[Estribillo]
        C Am             Em     
Hold me close, hold me close and
                D 
 don’t let me go.
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.
        C Am             Em        
Hold me close like I’m someone that
             D 
 you might know
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know
        C  Am        Em             
Hold me close the darkness just lets
     D 
 us see
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…
[Medio]
G Am Em                 D 
        The stars are bright but do
 they know
        The stars are bright but do they know
G Am Em                    D 
        The universe is beautiful but
 cold
        The universe is beautiful but cold
[Estribillo]
                    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
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 yourself

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