Zpěvačka a kytaristka (též pianistka) z Kansasu, přirovnávána k Janis Joplin. Narozena v r. 1963. Začínala v losangelských klubech ale studovala i na bostonské univerzitě Berklee. Už album Melissa Etheridge (1988) bylo velmi dobře přijato...

Píseň: Into The Dark

Interpret:
Melissa Etheridge
Album:
Breakdown
There were stairs they were steep
I was falling falling deep 
You were there you were small 
There was screaming down the hall


I've been here sleeping all these years 


There comes a time we all know 
There's a place that we must go
Into the soul into the heart 
Into the dark 


There was fire there was death
There was lying on your breath
I turned away I would pretend 
But the burning never ends 


I've been here sleeping all these years 


There was a wave over the house 
There was fear choked in my mouth 
You were there you left your mark 
As I stumbled in the dark