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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I (1)____________ up the pathway of the heart
The flowers (2)________ embittered from the start

That night I crossed the bridge of (3)__________ and I surrendered

I (4)____________ 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 (5)__________ (6)______________ a southern sky and I surrender

Recording angels and the poets of the night
Bring (7)________ the trophies of the (8)______________ that we fight

Searchlights (9)________ the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous (10)__________ of love have (11)____________ 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 (12)__________ this child inside the frightened man

Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender

I've (13)__________________ all this way for (14)________ embrace
Enraptured by the (15)______________________ on your face

Hold me now (16)__________ my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the (17)________ skies and I surrender

An (18)______________ evening just (19)____________ the fall
The light in (20)________ eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender

She throws the (21)______________ books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word (22)____________ of me"

It's (23)______________ the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My (24)____________ (25)__________ beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My (26)________ (27)__________ to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of footprints in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the (28)________ (29)__________ and I surrender
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