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You call yesterday to basically say
That you care for me but that you're just not in love
Immediatly I pretended to beel similary
And led you to believe I was O.K.
To just walk away from the thing
That's unyielding and sacred to me

Chorus

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
And I'm going the extremes to prove I'm fine without you
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my my mind
Underneath the guise 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 that fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then break down and cry

Verse

So what do you do when somebody you're 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

Chorus

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
And I'm going the extremes to prove I'm fine without you
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my my mind
Underneath the guise 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 that fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then break down and cry

Rap 1 Wish Bone
Rap 2 Krayzie Bone
Rap 3 Wish Bone
Rap 4 Krayzie Bone

Chorus

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
And I'm going the extremes to prove I'm fine without you
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my my mind
Underneath the guise 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 that fact that I'm suffering
So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then break down and cry
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Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

THIS SONG IS BOMADACIOUS!!!!! FoeSHEEZY! I think Bone thugs realy helped the song out! It's a tight Ass collabo!

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

admit it.. people do this 'disguise' thing to make 'em feel alryt.. sad but true :(

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

everything i've ever felt.........lately

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

this is and can't live without you are my two favorite songs out right now because i'm in a long distance relationship, my boyfriend lives in england and i live in maryland and i only get to see him 3 times a year and phone him once every 3 weeks. we met down in the bahamas and really hit it off, like we had so much in common and so did our parents. we went to the movies twice and our families went out to dinner together twice. we had a BLAST. well now that it's over i'm really having a hard time moving on and knowing that i can't see him once a week and i cry myself to sleep every night just thinking about our memories together. so my friends that really don't understand this whole lond distance thing ask me how i'm feeling and if i miss him and that stuff just to make conversation and i say "yea i miss him but no big deal" because if i told them how i really felt then they'd be like your too young to feel that way. so when i'm with my friends i hold in the tears and i'm slowly losing my mind and dying of depression and not one of them have any idea. i love you ben!

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

I love this song, i think that everyone can relate to it, and the collaboration is awesome! I understand the fact she wants to express her feelings but she cant make herself do it after her relationship because she doesnt want him to know how weak she is.

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

i LOVE this song! its great.. Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it .. she puts it perfectly!

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

One of my favourites, and I do like Mariah a lot. Reminds me of the time I started to listen to it, after making love with the dearest friend of mine, and realising that it was more for me than just a one night stand, but not for him...so I kept on acting like it meant nothing, but I never quite got to be the same towards him, since I'm still broken about it, but nobody knows it. I hear this song and tears flow from my eyes instantly. "And I'm going the extremes to prove I'm fine without you, but in reality I'm slowly loosing my my mind, underneath the guise 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 that fact that I'm suffering..." Nobody knows I feel this way...but I'm slowly starting to show it so I can let go...

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

This definitely is one of my favorite Mariah songs, it has an awesome beat and great lyrics. Bone Thugs and Harmony just make it better.

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

they should add the BNTH rap lyrics, because they add a huge part to the song. this song got me through everything, and it's funny because after everything, i've gone back to this song to help me get throught this next break-up. the follow up to this song (where they "get back together") is Still Beleive with Krayzie Bone and Mariah. it's okay.

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Mariah Carey

favourite song of mariah omg this song say so much Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it And I'm going the extremes to prove I'm fine without you But in reality I'm slowly loosing my my mind Underneath the guise 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 that fact that I'm suffering So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night And turn down all the lights and then break down and cry

Verse

So what do you do when somebody you're 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