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Rise & Fall by Craig David & Sting

Sometimes in life you feel the fight is over

And it seems as though the (1)________________ on the wall

Superstar you finally made it
But once your picture becomes tainted
It's (2)________ they call
The rise and fall
Sometimes in life you feel the fight is over
Over
And it seems as though the writings on the wall
Yeah
Superstar you finally made it
But once your picture becomes tainted
It's what they call
The rise and fall

I always said that I was gonna make it
Now it's plain for everyone to see
But this (3)________ I'm in don't take no prisoners
Just casualties
I know that everything is gonna change
Even the friends I knew (4)____________ me go
But this dream is the life I've been searching for
Started believing (5)________ I was the greatest
My (6)________ was never (7)__________ be the same
Cause with the money came a different status
That's when things change
Now I'm too concerned with all the (8)____________ I own
Blinded by all the pretty girls I see
I'm beginning to lose my integrity
Sometimes in life you feel the fight is over
Over
And it seems as though the writings on the wall
Yeah
Superstar you finally made it
But once your picture becomes tainted
It's what they call
The (9)________ and fall

I never used to be a troublemaker
Now I don't even wanna please the fans
No autographs, no interviews, no pictures
And less (10)______________ (and less demands)
Given advice (11)________ was clearly wrong
The type that seems to make me feel so right
But some things you may find can take over your life
Burnt all my (12)______________ now I've run out of places
And there's nowhere (13)________ for me to turn
Been caught in comprimising situations
I (14)____________ have learnt
From all those times I didn't walk away
When I knew (15)________ it was best to go
Is it too late to show you the shape of my heart
Sometimes in life you feel the fight is (16)________ (hmm... yeah)
(Over, hmm... yeah)
And it seems as though the writings on the wall
(The writings on the wall)
Superstar you finally (17)________ it (oh yeah)
But once your picture becomes tainted
It's what they call (it's what they call)
The (18)________ and fall (the rise and fall)

Now I know (now I know)
I made (19)________________ (I made mistakes)
Think I don't care
But you don't realise what this means to me
So let me have
Just one more chance
I'm not the man I used to be
Used to be... (sometimes in life you feel the fight is over)
And it seems as though the writings on the wall (be...)
Superstar you finally made it (..on the (20)________ yeah)
But once your picture becomes tainted (oh... oh yeah)
It's what they call (it's what they call)
The (21)________ and fall
Sometimes in life you (22)________ the (23)__________ is over
And it (24)__________ as though the writings on the wall (yeah)
Superstar you finally made it (oh...)
But once your (25)______________ becomes (26)______________ (oh...)
It's what they call
The rise and fall (fall)
The rise and (27)________ (sometimes in life you feel...
...the fight is over)
And it seems as though the writings on the wall
Superstar you (28)______________ (29)________ it
But once your picture becomes tainted (no no no yeah)
It's what they call
The rise and fall
(Hmm... hmm...)

Answers:
(1) writings(2) what(3) game(4) before(5) that(6) life(7) gonna(8) things(9) rise(10) demands(11) that(12) bridges(13) left(14) should(15) that(16) over(17) made(18) rise(19) mistakes(20) wall(21) rise(22) feel(23) fight(24) seems(25) picture(26) tainted(27) fall(28) finally(29) made