Lean on Me
Request for support
"Lean on Me" is a 1972 soul song by Bill Withers, offering comfort and support to someone struggling: Lean on me when you're not strong.
The title phrase has become shorthand for unconditional friendship and mutual aid.
The song has been covered extensively and appeared in films, funerals, and moments of collective solidarity.
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- dependRequire for support
- relyTrust for support
- count on mePromise of dependability
- got your backOffering reliable support
shoulder · shoulder to cry on · trust · helping hand · strength · comfort · friend · help · carry · burden · hard times · weight · song · Bill Withers · soul music · soul · together · weakness
- 1989 FilmsBatman, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, Do the Right Thing, Glory
Lean on Meabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
rejection · desertion · leave me alone · forsaking · fend for yourself
Lean on Mego it alone
Proceed without help
every man for himself · self-reliance · rugged individualism · independence · sink or swim