Burden Down

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

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?

I deliver each and every time

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

You keep asking, you keep taking

And there's no reciprocation

I shouldn't have to do this by myself

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'll see

For all I've done, I'm alone

Just for a moment, could I not be strong?

How 'bout now, can I lay this burden down?

I'm a river, I keep running on

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

Just this once, oh, ooh, just this once

Can I lay this burden down?

Can you take it up for me?

When you run, when you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gonna see

Now all I've done all alone

Just for a moment, could I not be strong?

Wish I knew how, how to lay this burden down