A          G       D   
With history, your bluest grace
Dm           C         A
Falls apart, cascading down
A        G     D
Speak to me of beautiful hate
  Dm             C              A 
Of island chains swept with the tide
A    G  D
Tragedy rippening on
  Dm                C          A  
The coral leis of a conquering king

A             G
They're swept away
D       A    
Oh, but not lost.

A           G        D
Beneath the waves of trembling stars
  Dm
The roads wind towards
C            A
The windward side
A          G        D 
My soul is saved by these city lights
  Dm                     C          A
My face is framed by the blanket of night

A             G  
They're swept away
D       A
Oh, but not lost
A     G
Swept away,
D       A          C
Oh, but not lost  
A          C   A   C
Not lost 

G

A                  G        
Was I too proud to say, or to wish for
D                      A
Words that I knew were forbidden?
A                       G  
Because I don't want to know
                            D 
I didn't want to see what I saw
                     A
When I looked in the distance


A             G 
They're swept away
D       A
Oh, but not lost.