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I Surrender by David Sylvian

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

That night I crossed the (2)____________ of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His (3)________ of sorrows now (4)____________________ into joy

And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My (5)____________ (6)__________ beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording (7)____________ and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles (8)________ we fight

Searchlights fill the (9)________ skies and I surrender

Outrageous cries of love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, (10)____________________ (11)______________ 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 (12)__________ this child (13)____________ the frightened man

Tonight I'm (14)________________ how to fly and I surrender

I've (15)__________________ all this way for (16)________ embrace
Enraptured by the (17)______________________ on your face

Hold me now while my old (18)________ dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the (19)________ skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just (20)____________ the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and (21)________ the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the stars are all (22)______________ 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 (23)________ this love will never die and I'll surrender
My (24)____________ cries beneath the (25)________ skies and I surrender
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