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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 crossed the bridge of (2)__________ and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And (3)______________ 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 trophies of the (4)______________ that we fight

Searchlights (5)________ the open (6)__________ and I surrender

Outrageous cries of love (7)________ called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, (8)____________________ wayward tracks

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

I (9)__________ too (10)__________ to see the sleight of hand
How she (11)__________ this (12)__________ inside the frightened 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 (13)__________ my old (14)________ dies (15)______________ and I surrender
My mother (16)__________ beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just before the fall
The (17)__________ in (18)________ eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and (19)________ 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 (20)____________ cries (21)______________ the (22)______________ skies and I surrender

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

Tell me now (24)________ this love (25)________ (26)__________ die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
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