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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the (1)______________ of the heart
The (2)______________ died embittered from the start

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

I (4)____________ back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His (5)________ of sorrows now (6)____________________ into joy

And tonight the stars are all (7)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender

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

Searchlights (9)________ the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous cries of (10)________ have called you back
Derailed the (11)____________ of thought, (12)____________________ wayward tracks

You (13)________ me I've no (14)________ to wonder why I just surrender

I stand too close to see the (15)______________ of hand
How she found (16)________ child inside the frightened 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 life dies tonight and I surrender
My (17)____________ cries beneath the open skies and I surrender

An ancient (18)______________ 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 burning books into the sea
"Come find the (19)______________ of the word inside of me"

It's alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit (20)__________ and I surrender

My (21)________ (22)__________ to ashes in her hands
The (23)________________________ (24)__________ of footprints in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender
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