1. Topic for the song Iris (Hold Me Close). Reviews, thoughts etc.



    Lyrics:

    The star
    That gives us light
    Has been gone for a while
    But it's not an illusion
    The ache
    In my heart
    Is so much a part of who I am
    Something in your eyes
    Took a thousand years to get here
    Something in your eyes
    Took a thousand years, a thousand years

    Hold me close, hold me close and don't let 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 life inside of me

    Iris... Iris...

    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

    Hold me close, hold me close and don't let 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 life inside of me

    Iris... Iris...

    The stars are bright but do they know
    The universe is beautiful but cold

    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...

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

    http://www.u2start.com/songs/224/
  2. The mid/late section of the song features some amazing vocal harmonies. I wonder how they'll pull it off live
  3. Longest song in the album and it had to be dedicated to Iris ♥

    Meloves.
  4. Who is Iris ?
  5. Bono's mother who he had for such a short time in life.
  6. Iris is the name of Bono's mother.
  7. The opening is so reminiscent of Tomorrow. Beautiful.
  8. Verse sounds like a Depeche Mode song!
  9. Wow, great song! Still very poppy, but rocky, too
  10. The "hold me close" part reminds me of the "baby please" in Salome.