I Surrender-David Sylvian

[00:22.36]I opened up the pathway of the heart [00:27.08]The flowers died embittered from the start [00:32.96] [00:35.94]That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I surrendered [00:42.44] [00:45.06]I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy [00:53.99]His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy [01:00.32] [01:02.85]And tonight the stars are all aligned and I surrender [01:16.66]My mother cries beneath a southern sky and I surrender [01:23.09] [01:27.31]Recording angels and the poets of the night [01:33.57]Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight [01:40.56] [01:42.39]Searchlights fill the open skies and I surrender [01:49.45] [01:54.36] [02:09.56] [02:16.33] [02:37.63]Outrageous cries of love have called you back [02:41.18] [02:43.44]Derailed the trains of thought, demolished wayward tracks [02:50.56] [02:50.80]You tell me I've no need to wonder why I just surrender [02:57.40] [03:01.94]I stand too close to see the sleight of hand [03:35.44]How she found this child inside the frightened man [03:42.43] [03:45.19]Tonight I'm learning how to fly and I surrender [03:51.35] [03:58.60]I've travelled all this way for your embrace [04:02.96]Enraptured by the recognition on your face [04:09.06] [04:11.39]Hold me now while my old life dies tonight and I surrender [04:18.72]My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender [04:32.25] [04:36.47]An ancient evening just before the fall [04:42.88]The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all [04:49.70] [04:51.68]Birds fly and fill the summer skies and I surrender [04:59.29] [05:06.06]She throws the burning books into the sea [05:09.65]"Come find the meaning of the word inside of me" [05:16.70] [05:19.75]It's alright the stars are all aligned and I surrender [05:26.29]My mother cries beneath the moonlit skies and I surrender [05:39.90] [06:13.82]My body turns to ashes in her hands [06:17.55]The disappearing world of footprints in the sand [06:24.36] [06:26.61]Tell me now that this love will never die and I'll surrender [06:33.62]My mother cries beneath the open skies and I surrender [06:47.51] [08:19.47] [09:19.85]