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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the (1)______________ of the heart
The flowers (2)________ (3)____________________ 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 tonight 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 (4)________________ of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous (5)__________ of love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, (6)____________________ wayward tracks

You tell me I've no need to (7)____________ why I (8)________ surrender

I (9)__________ too (10)__________ to see the sleight of hand
How she (11)__________ this child inside the frightened man

Tonight I'm (12)________________ 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 (13)________ tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open (14)__________ and I surrender

An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the (15)______________ of it all

Birds fly and (16)________ the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the (17)________ inside of me"

It's (18)______________ the (19)__________ are all aligned and I surrender
My (20)____________ (21)__________ (22)______________ 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 (23)________ this (24)________ will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries (25)______________ the open (26)__________ and I surrender
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