I stand on the stairway

My back to the dungeon

The doorway to freedom

So close to my hand

And voices behind me

So bitterly damn me

For seeking salvation

They don't understand



Chorus:

Lord, help me to shoulder

The Burden of Freedom

And give me the courage

To Be What I Can

And When I am Wounded

By those who condemn me

Lord, help me forgive them

They don't understand



Their lonely frustration

Descending to laughter

Erases the footprints

I leave in the Sand

But I'm free to travel

Where no one can follow

In search of the kingdom

They don't understand



Chorus:

Lord, help me to shoulder

The Burden of Freedom

And give me the courage

To be what I can

And when I have wounded

The last one who loved me

Lord, help her forgive me

I don't understand