Lyric discussion by Ron34 

Cover art for Breakdown lyrics by Melissa Etheridge

One of my favorite songs of hers. The best in fact. I read in her autobiography she had stated clearly what this song meant and it holds meaning for me also. She said that it was written at a dark period in her life and it's about as she puts it the collapse or end of every relationship with every woman who's had any significant impact on her psyche from her mother to julie cypher she had made references to julie cypher and how her relationship with her could have come apart at any given moment. "Plastic and stone" but that she would be fine all alone.