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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died (1)____________________ from the start

That night I (2)______________ the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I (3)____________ back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a (4)________________ 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 (5)__________ 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 travelled all (6)________ way for your embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face

Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries 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 world of (7)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My (8)____________ cries beneath the (9)________ (10)__________ and I surrender
Answers:
(1) embittered(2) crossed(3) looked(4) southern(5) skies(6) this(7) footprints(8) mother(9) open(10) skies