Traveling down a different road   Trying hard to leave the load   We take it there but we can't let go   It's so hard to lay it down      Back in Eden we were tried   Found ourselves dissatisfied   Seeking wisdom that she denied   Trying hard to lay it down      Lay it down, brother, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down      Hide in me, confide in me   Don't you think it's time to be   Everything we tried to be   You and me should lay it down      Speak to me, be unashamed   There's no time for playing games   After all we're all the same   Just trying hard to lay it down      Lay it down, brother, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down   Lay it down, brother, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down      Wish my words could make it well   Wish that I might break the shell   Take us from our self-made well   Find a way to lay it down      Burdened by the things I've learned   Hurting 'cause I'm too concerned   Nonetheless, I confess, I yearn   To find a way to lay it down      Lay it down, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down   Lay it down, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down   Lay it down, lay it down   It's so hard to lay it down