First Verse: I loved you / you didn't appreciate it / I cared for you / you didn't reciprocate it / I gave my all to you / my loyalty poured down like the rain / yes it trickled down / to penetrate your heart / but you refused to yield / you never let it get that far / you tantalized me / no real intentions of letting me in / and now I'm sitting here / on the verge of a nervous breakdown / loving you has only burned me out

Chorus: Oh / I'm letting go / never thought that I would be the one / to have a nervous breakdown / all my peace is gone / too unsafe to carry on / it's down to me or you my love / and in that case / I've got to say goodbye / breakdown / I'm bout to breakdown / breakdown / won't let you break me down


Second Verse: Always had to coax you / into doing the things you ought / it got so tiring / but when I would decide to walk / you'd pacify me / with scattered moments of false hope / but what I wanted / was for the love you had for me / to motivate you / to treat me like you valued me / instead it always / felt I was begging you to comply / and that's a hurtful thing / I don't want you to do what you don't want to / I shouldn't be a chore to you /


Chorus: Oh / I'm letting go / never thought that I would be the one / to have a nervous breakdown / all my peace is gone / too unsafe to carry on / it's down to me or you my love / and in that case / I've got to say goodbye / breakdown / I'm bout to breakdown / breakdown / won't let you break me down

Third Verse: Now that I'm leaving you / you said some beautiful things / like I'm a good man / and that you will miss me / what's crazy is I think you mean it / but you just don't know how to show it / you still haven't learned to love / but you've shown me how to love / to love me / I'm gone