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 that'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 will 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 gon see Now all I've done, I'm alone Just for a moment could I not be strong? Wish I knew how, I'd lay this burden down