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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 (1)____________ 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 (2)____________ and the poets of the night
Bring (3)________ the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open (4)__________ 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 (5)____________ the (6)____________________ 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 (7)________ dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient (8)______________ just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the (9)______________ 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 mother cries 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 (10)________ will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
Answers:
(1) looked(2) angels(3) back(4) skies(5) inside(6) frightened(7) life(8) evening(9) burning(10) love