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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 (1)______________ the bridge of sighs and I surrendered

I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy

And tonight the stars are all (2)______________ and I surrender
My mother cries beneath a southern 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, (3)____________________ 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 (4)__________ 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 (5)__________ 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 alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender
My mother cries beneath the (6)______________ skies and I surrender

My body turns to (7)__________ in her hands
The disappearing (8)__________ of footprints in the sand

Tell me now (9)________ this love will never die and I'll surrender
My mother cries beneath the open (10)__________ and I surrender
Answers:
(1) crossed(2) aligned(3) demolished(4) found(5) light(6) moonlit(7) ashes(8) world(9) that(10) skies