When civilization takes a nasty turn

And concepts are hushed

When books are burned

All is not lost

All is not lost

When swine are the ones

Who steal the pearls

From the human oysters of

The western world

All is not lost

All is not lost

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

When beauty seems beaten

By the callous beasts

And it looks like it will

Because history repeats

All is not lost

All is not lost

You can still see grace

In the children's eyes

And this planet's face still

Gladdens the wise

All is not lost

All is not lost

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

When the hand of man becomes inept

And sketches the truth in silhouette

All is not lost

All is not lost

The hand of God has

Not worked in vain

And this globe is fodder

For the feeblest brain

All is not lost

All is not lost

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on

Truth lives on