[Verse 1]

I'm a river, I keep running on

I'm a pillar you got used to leaning on



Underneath it, there's a person

I'm a woman and I'm hurting

Cause I feel like I'm holding up the world



[Chorus]

When I lay this burden down

Who's gonna take it up for me

When you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gonna see

For all I've done I'm alone

Just for a moment can I not be strong

So how 'bout now oh can I lay

This burden down



[Verse 2]

I deliver each and every time

I'm a giver, I don't think about what's mine



You keep me asking, you keep taking

And that's no reciprocation

I shouldn't have to do this by myself



[Chorus]

When I lay this burden down

Who's gonna take it up for me

When you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gonna see

For all I've done I'm alone

Just for a moment can I not be strong

So how 'bout now oh can I lay

This burden down



[Bridge]

I'm a river, I keep running on

I'm a pillar, you're used to leaning on

Just this once, oh just this once



[Chorus]

When I lay this burden down

Who's gonna take it up for me

When you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gonna see

For all I've done I'm alone

Just for a moment can I not be strong

So how 'bout now oh can I lay

This burden down