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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died (1)____________________ from the start

That (2)__________ I (3)______________ the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and (4)________________ 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 (6)__________ 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 (7)____________ why I (8)________ surrender

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

Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender

I've (11)__________________ all this way for (12)________ embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face

Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My (13)____________ cries beneath the open skies and I surrender

An (14)______________ evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the (15)____________ (16)__________ and I surrender

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

It's (18)______________ the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries (19)______________ the (20)______________ skies and I surrender

My body turns to (21)__________ in her hands
The disappearing (22)__________ of (23)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that (24)________ (25)________ will never die and I'll surrender
My mother (26)__________ beneath the open skies and I (27)__________________
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