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I Surrender by David Sylvian

I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died embittered from the start

That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and (1)________________ the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And tonight the (2)__________ are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender

Recording (3)____________ and the poets of the night
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight

Searchlights (4)________ 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 wonder why I just surrender

I stand too (5)__________ 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 while my old life dies tonight and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies 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 summer skies and I surrender

She throws the burning books into the sea
"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me"

It's (6)______________ the stars are all (7)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender

My body turns to ashes in her hands
The disappearing (8)__________ 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 (9)__________________
Answers:
(1) glimpsed(2) stars(3) angels(4) fill(5) close(6) alright(7) aligned(8) world(9) surrender