Far from their land as they made their stand A disregarded demand It's surrender or die and the stakes are high Still disregarding demand They would never comply, they would rather die They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye Weapon in hand,

Surrender to nothing Run as far as you can Hold on to what I believe in But my heart Compassion confession Resolve and compromise Dedication domination Please define the lines

Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh At the moment of surrender I'm falling to my knees I did not notice the passers by And they did not notice me I tied myself with wire To let the horses run free Playing with the fire

Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses on the dog leap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A

Give it all I give you my love Surrender your love Surrender your love to me Tell me the secrets of your soul Give it up and let go I give you it all I couldn't give you more if I tried

You can't hurt me now I surrender You can't hurt me now, I'm gone from you You can't reach me where I've gone to I surrender Same cycle happen every day Same characters same play My game plan's become clear Gotta find a way out of here There ain't no

(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) And if the riptide comes to get me And pulls me under, it won't upset me, I'll go down I'll throw the white flag of surrender Knock me down, not forever, just for now Not forever, just for now Oh, something's gotta happen Something's

But what I am certain What is enough Is just to remember that once, once I was loved I don't remember When I was young I don't recall the day when I first saw the sun I still surrender To troubles unknown No use pretending all the troubles ain't my own

Or are we dancer? Are we human? My sign is vital My hands are cold And I'm on my knees Looking for the answer I did my best to notice When the call came down the line Up to the platform of surrender

Give me a shot to remember And you can take all the pain away from me Your kiss and I will surrender The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead A light to burn all the empires So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be In love with all of these