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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 9.8
Instruments 9.6
Lyrics 10.0
Vocal 9.8
This song has been reviewed 9 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.
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Mariah Carey - Breakdown Lyrics

Song details
TitleBreakdown
ArtistMariah Carey
AlbumButterfly (1997) , Track 6 ,
The Remixes (2003) , Track 5 Disc 2
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Song lyrics
You called yesterday
To basicallly say
That you care for me
But that you're just not in love
Immediately I pretended
To be feeling similarly
And led you to believe it was okay
To just walk away from the one thing
That's unyielding and sacred to me

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Nonchalant about it
And I'm going to extremes to prove
I'm fine without you
But in reality, I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath a disguise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise
Till I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

So what do you do
When somebody you're so devoted to
Suddenly just stops loving you
And it seems they haven't got a clue
Of the pain that rejection is putting you through
Do you cling to your pride
And sing "I Will Survive"
Do you lash out and say 
"How dare you leave this way"?
Do you hold on in vain as they just slip away

Well I guess I'm trying to be
Nonchalant about it
And I'm going to extremes to prove
I'm fine without you
But in reality, I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the disguise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise
Till I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

Break break down, steady breakin' me on down
Break break down, steady breakin' me on down
Break break down, steady breakin' me on down
Break break down, steady breakin' me on down

(rap)
It'll break ya down
Only if you let it 
Everday, crazy situation's rockin' my mind
Tryin' to break me down
But I won't let it (forget it)

I been feelin' like you breakin' me down
Kickin' me round, stressin' me out
I think I better go and get out 
And let me relieve some stress
Don't ever wanna feel no pain, pain
Hopin' for the sun but it looks like rain, rain, rain
Lord, I just will not maintain

Oh yeah, often feel the pressures y'all
But never the less crazy won't fall
It's over, it's endin' here

Well I guess I'm trying to be
Nonchalant about it
And I'm going to extremes to prove
I'm fine without you
But in reality, I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the disguise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise
Till I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry
[3x]
lyrics corrected on 09-06-2006




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03-08-2004 19:26DaBlueFace2004 is offline DaBlueFace2004 

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Dis song is hot! Love the collabo!!
14-08-2004 16:58holla_at_ya_g is offline holla_at_ya_g 

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I this song! Mariah really snapped on this! I can't enough about it!
09-12-2004 02:41hurry is offline hurry 

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BoneThugs never fails to mach on Mimi's range! this song is one of the greatest hiphop collaboration of all time!!!!
08-04-2005 11:16caramelhun is offline caramelhun 

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my god this is one of my favourite songs.. and always will be..
30-07-2005 01:31Waiffle is offline Waiffle 

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love it!!!
04-10-2005 10:11Tammie15 is offline Tammie15 

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omg!! i love this song sooo much! its soo scary how much i can relate to it! its such a great song tho! i love it! one of my favorites definately!
21-11-2005 12:47sumerplay is offline sumerplay 

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One of Mariah's best, she really knows how to convey strong emotion through both her lyrics and voice
03-04-2006 22:27Diamond_E is offline Diamond_E 

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ppl u dont no how much i luv this song everytime i hear this song my heart beats faster and faster i luv this song so much i luv it, luv it, luv it, luv it mariah carey trully da best i luv her aswell as this breakdown song

p.s i luv it so much this is so wikked i bought the butterfly album, and the breakdown single not to mention the butterfly single; i iz crazy over mariah
04-04-2006 02:30mariah93 is offline mariah93 

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LUV THE SONG
LUV THE VIDEO
LUV ALL MARIAH CAREY'S SONGS
HER AND BONE THUGS AND HARMONY WAS A GRREAT COLLABORATION!
29-05-2006 22:48xmrr8 is offline xmrr8 

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I'm just crazy in with this song! Mariah is the greatest!


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