[Verse 1]
Grandfather planted oak trees in his yard
Said they'd shade his children when times got hard
But the saplings withered in the blazing heat
While storms grew fiercer year after year, complete
The weather maps keep changing every season
Temperature records breaking without reason
[Chorus]
Tomorrow's dreams already lost
Who's gonna pay the hidden cost
When governments let polluters walk away
The damage bill grows every day
Fairness fades when futures stolen
National strength left broken
[Verse 2]
Coral reefs that once bloomed rainbow bright
Now bleached white as bone in warming light
Species vanishing from forest floor
While butterflies don't migrate anymore
The ecosystem's threads keep snapping thin
What took millions of years to build and win
[Chorus]
Tomorrow's dreams already lost
Who's gonna pay the hidden cost
When governments let polluters walk away
The damage bill grows every day
Fairness fades when futures stolen
National strength left broken
[Bridge]
They promised clean air, clean water, clean ground
But loopholes let the toxic money flow around
Each ton of carbon should carry a price
Instead we roll the intergenerational dice
[Verse 3]
Young voices asking "Where's our stable climate?"
While boardrooms calculate what they can buy with it
The principle that damage has a fee
Gets buried under corporate decree
Security means more than just defense
It's keeping Earth that still makes sense
[Final Chorus]
Tomorrow's dreams already lost
But we can change who pays the cost
Make governments charge polluters what they owe
Before the debt grows past what Earth can show
Fairness means that futures matter
Before the trust is scattered
[Outro]
Grandfather's oak trees needed different care
The bills we leave show what we didn't dare