Print

I Surrender by David Sylvian

I (1)____________ up the pathway of the heart
The (2)______________ died embittered from the start

That night I (3)______________ the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and (4)________________ the (5)______________ of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And (6)______________ the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording angels and the poets of the night
Bring back the (7)________________ of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous (8)__________ of love have (9)____________ you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks

You tell me I've no (10)________ to (11)____________ why I just surrender

I stand too close to see the sleight of hand
How she (12)__________ this child (13)____________ the (14)____________________ man

Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender

I've travelled all this 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 (15)______________ 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 (16)________ the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning (17)__________ (18)________ the sea
"Come find the meaning of the (19)________ (20)____________ of me"

It's alright the (21)__________ are all aligned and I surrender
My mother (22)__________ beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of (23)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that this love (24)________ never die and I'll surrender
My (25)____________ cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
Answers:
(1) opened(2) flowers(3) crossed(4) glimpsed(5) outline(6) tonight(7) trophies(8) cries(9) called(10) need(11) wonder(12) found(13) inside(14) frightened(15) beneath(16) fill(17) books(18) into(19) word(20) inside(21) stars(22) cries(23) footprints(24) will(25) mother