Your Surrender

Neon Trees

I got close to your skin
While you were sleeping
I taste the salt
On your hands
I reached out to touch you
The morning light disarms you
Won't you let me in?

Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
It's a long way
For heart break
Let your heart wait and bleed
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender to me?

I've become your shadow
I'd love, but don't know how to
I'm always lost for words
You look like a thousand suns
I wanna be the only one
Left when your day is done

Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
It's a long way
For heart break
Let your heart wait and bleed
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender to me?

I can't have you close
So I become a ghost
And I watch you
I watch you
Maybe if you stay
We could die this way
I won't stop you
I won't stop you

Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender?
It's a long way
For heart break
Let your heart wait and bleed
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender to me?
Yeah
To me
It's a long way
For heart break
Let your heart wait and bleed
Ooh
How long 'til your surrender to me?


Lyrics submitted by L-Kyne

Your Surrender Lyrics as written by Christopher Allen Branden Campbell

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing

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    I think that this song is about a boy who has been seeing this girl for a while but sees that she has put up many "walls" around her heart so that she will not get hurt. I think that he is singing about trying to break down those "walls" so that he may get close to her.

    Love this song!

    You look like a thousand suns I wanna be the only one Left when your day is done

    katiecat18on February 03, 2011   Link

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