I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died embittered from the start

That (1)__________ I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now (2)____________________ into joy

And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother (3)__________ beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording angels and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous cries of love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks

You tell me I've no need to wonder why I just surrender

I stand too close to see the sleight of hand
How she found this child inside the frightened man

Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender

I've (4)__________________ all this way for your embrace
Enraptured by the (5)______________________ on your face

Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother (6)__________ beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing (7)__________ of (8)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the (9)________ skies and I surrender

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