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I Surrender by David Sylvian

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

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

I looked (4)________ 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)__________ beneath a (6)________________ sky and I surrender

Recording angels 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 love have called you back
Derailed the trains of thought, demolished (7)______________ tracks

You (8)________ me I've no need to wonder why I (9)________ surrender

I stand too close to see the (10)______________ of hand
How she found this (11)__________ (12)____________ 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 (13)__________ my old (14)________ (15)________ (16)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the (17)________ skies and I surrender

An ancient evening just (18)____________ the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all

Birds fly and fill the summer (19)__________ and I surrender

She throws the (20)______________ (21)__________ into the sea
"Come (22)________ the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's alright the stars are all (23)______________ and I surrender
My mother (24)__________ (25)______________ the moonlit (26)__________ and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing world of (27)____________________ in the sand

Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender
My (28)____________ cries (29)______________ the open skies and I surrender
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