Snow Burdened Branches

Young people come to me and they asked me
What is your hope for the world?
And I always answer that the hope for the world is you
You are the next generation, I am the old generation

Just like this little tree here
This is a sapling, right beside it is one of these enormous red pines
This sapling epitomizes you and the hope of the world
So when you wonder how things are going, just remember that
You have your task to do
You’ve got to carry on the battle
To preserve such beautiful places as this
The battle goes on endlessly

It’s your task
You’ve got to see that you keep the flame alive
No matter what obstacles
The whole world depends on you
This whole world depends on this little pine in a sense
Just like at one time, it depended on those enormous trees here