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 gonna 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 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 I'm alone

Just for a moment could I not be strong

Wish I knew how, oh, to lay

This burden down