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)__________________
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