Breakdiwn; My All/Breakdown single covers

Breakdown


Video directed by Mariah Carey and Diane Martel

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

Chorus
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 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 I break down and cry

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 to extremes to prove I'm fine without you
But in reality I'm slowly losing 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 I 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 to extremes to prove I'm fine without you
But in reality I'm slowly losing 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 I break down and cry


Lyrics: Mariah Carey, A Henderson, C Scruggs
Music: Mariah Carey, Stevie J., A Henderson, C Scruggs
Info: "Duet" with Bone Thugs'n'Harmony


"I told Bone Thugs-N-Harmony that I wanted to record with them, and they were like, "OK..." I think I shock people with the ideas I come up with, but I think it worked out really well. You know how you work constantly and then you don't realise when you're about to fall down because you're so wrapped up in what you're doing? That's where this song is coming from." - Mariah Carey

Billboard review: Carey dips into the jeep-smart "Butterfly" and pulls out this wickedly infectious ditty that pits her against the rapid-tongued rapping of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. But unlike other records of this ilk, the rhymes are tightly sewn into the track's primary vocal arrangement and are crucial to the evolution of the song's lyric. In fact, Carey successfully matches the unique pace and pattern of the rap with fluttering, high-pitched vamps. In a sea of sound-alikes, "Breakdown" is a refreshing change of pace. It'll help her make giant strides toward the hip-hop credibility she's been gun while opening the minds of many a mainstream pop listener. -Larry Flick,Billboard Magazine, January 24, 1998.

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