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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the (1)______________ of the heart
The flowers (2)________ embittered from the start

That (3)__________ I (4)______________ the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

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

And tonight the (5)__________ 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 (6)________ the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the (7)________ (8)__________ and I surrender

Outrageous cries of love (9)________ called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks

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

I stand too close to see the sleight of hand
How she found (11)________ child 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 (12)__________ my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother (13)__________ beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just (14)____________ the fall
The (15)__________ in (16)________ eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and (17)________ the (18)____________ (19)__________ and I surrender

She throws the (20)______________ books into the sea
"Come find the (21)______________ of the word (22)____________ of me"

It's (23)______________ the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My (24)____________ (25)__________ beneath the moonlit skies 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 (26)________ never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries (27)______________ the open skies and I surrender
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