Intro: C   Am   Em  D

C        Am            Em    D
The star that gives us light
                C       Am
Has been gone a while
                Em     D
But it’s not an illusion
   C    Am      Em      D
The ache in my heart
             C   Am        Em   D
Is so much a part   of who I am

G                 C
Something in your eyes
Em                           D
Took a thousand years to get here
G                 C
Something in your eyes
Em                           D
Took a thousand years, a thousand years

        C      Am
Hold me close
         Em                    D
Hold me close and don’t let me go
        C      Am
Hold me close
          Em                    D
Like I’m someone that you might know
        C      Am
Hold me close
      Em                   D
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)
Iris, Iris

C      Am   Em        D       C
Once we are born We begin to forget
Am                 Em    D
The very reason we came
C       Am            Em    D
But you I’m sure I’ve met
                  C
Long before the night
                    Am              Em     D
The start went out We’re meeting up again


       C      Am
Hold me close
         Em                    D
Hold me close and don’t let me go
        C      Am
Hold me close
          Em                    D
Like I’m someone that you might know
        C      Am
Hold me close
      Em                   D
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)
Iris, Iris


The start are bright

But do they know

The universe is beautiful but cold

                   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   Em            D
Machine, I dream 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 nightmare
Em
Don’t fear the world
D
It isn’t there
C               Am
Iris playing on the strand
Em                 D
She buries the boy beneath the sand
C                     Am
Iris says that I will be the death of her
Em     D
It was not me

(C   Am   Em  D)
Iris, Iris

C                        Am
She said free yourself to be yourself
Em                 D
If only you could see yourself
C                Am
Free yourself to be yourself
Em                D
If only you could see