Iris (Hold Me Close)

[Verse 1]

The star

That gives us light

Has been gone a while

But it's not an illusion

The ache

In my heart

Is so much a part

Of who I am

[Pre-Chorus]

Something in your eyes

Took a thousand years to get here

Something in your eyes

Took a thousand years, a thousand years

[Chorus]

Hold me close

Hold me close and don't let me go

Hold me close

Like I'm someone that you might know

Hold me close

The darkness just lets us see

Who we are

I’ve got your light inside of me

[Post-Chorus]

Iris

Iris

[Verse 2]

Once

We are born

We begin to forget

The very reason we came

But you

I'm sure I've met

Long before the night the stars went out

We're meeting up again

[Chorus]

Hold me close

Hold me close and don't let me go

Hold me close

Like I'm someone that you might know

Hold me close

The darkness just lets us see

Who we are

I've got your light inside of me

[Post-Chorus]

Iris

Iris

[Interlude]

The stars are bright, but do they know

The universe is beautiful but cold?

[Bridge]

You took me by the hand

I thought that I was leading you

But it was you made me your man

Machine

I dream

Where you are

Iris standing in the hall

She tells me I can do it all

Iris wakes to my nightmares

Don't fear the world, it isn't there

Iris playing on the strand

She buries the boy beneath the sand

Iris says that I will be the death of her

It was not me

Iris

Iris

[Outro]

She says

Free yourself to be yourself

If only you could see yourself

Free yourself to be yourself

If only you could see