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I Surrender by David Sylvian

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

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

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

And tonight the stars are all (5)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording (6)____________ and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender

Outrageous cries of (7)________ (8)________ 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 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 (9)__________ my old (10)________ dies tonight and I surrender
My (11)____________ (12)__________ beneath the open (13)__________ and I surrender

An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the (14)____________ (15)__________ and I surrender

She throws the burning (16)__________ into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word (17)____________ of me"

It's alright the stars are all (18)______________ and I surrender
My mother (19)__________ (20)______________ the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The (21)________________________ world of footprints in the sand

Tell me now that this (22)________ will never die and I'll surrender
My mother (23)__________ (24)______________ the open skies and I (25)__________________
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