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.