I Surrender by David Sylvian

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

That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of (1)______________ now collapsing into joy

And (2)______________ the stars are all (3)______________ and I surrender
My (4)____________ cries (5)______________ a southern sky and I surrender

Recording (6)____________ and the (7)__________ 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 (8)____________ you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished (9)______________ tracks

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

I stand too close to see the (11)______________ of hand
How she found this child inside the frightened man

Tonight I'm (12)________________ how to fly and I surrender

I've travelled all (13)________ 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 (14)______________ the (15)________ 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 (17)____________ the burning books into the sea
"Come (18)________ the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the (19)__________ are all (20)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries (21)______________ the moonlit (22)__________ and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of footprints in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open (23)__________ and I (24)__________________

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