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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 sorrows now collapsing into joy

And (1)______________ the (2)__________ are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries (3)______________ a southern 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 skies 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 this way for your embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face

Hold me now while my old life dies (4)______________ 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 (5)______________ of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books (6)________ the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the (7)__________ are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to (8)__________ in her hands
The disappearing world of (9)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that this love will (10)__________ die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
Answers:
(1) tonight(2) stars(3) beneath(4) tonight(5) meaning(6) into(7) stars(8) ashes(9) footprints(10) never