Flowers was the song with which Miley Cyrus returned after a musical hiatus to revolutionize the industry. Shortly after Shakira took out all her bile against Gerard Piqué in her song with Bizarrap, the Hannah Montana star released her Flowers, in which she turned Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man around to make a plea for loneliness and empowerment.
It was no secret that Flowers was dedicated to Liam Hemsworth. The actor who will be the next Geralt of Rivia in Netflix‘s The Witcher was Miley Cyrus’ partner for years, but the relationship ended and the singer had a lot left to say to him. And since When I Was Your Man was a song Hemsworth always dedicated to her, she used it as the basis for her hit.
However, Flowers is just the single from an album that goes much further. Miley Cyrus has just released Endless Summer Vacation, a melancholic album in which, surprise, there are many more messages for Hemsworth and her past. You can already listen to it on Spotify, Apple Music and all other music platforms. But, in case you want to know what each of his songs say, we leave you with a summary of all of them below.
01. Flowers
The first song of the album is the one that has revolutionized everything. The single is accompanied by a dazzling music video in which Miley leaves behind her past with Hemsworth to make it clear that she alone can “give herself flowers and love herself better”. We leave you with the full lyrics:
We were good, we were gold
Kinda dream that can’t be sold
We were right ’til we weren’t
Built a home and watched it burn
Mm, I didn’t wanna leave you
I didn’t wanna lie
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don’t understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Paint my nails, cherry red
Match the roses that you left
No remorse, no regret
I forgive every word you said
Ooh, I didn’t want to leave you, baby
I didn’t wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours, yeah
Say things you don’t understand
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
Oh, I
I didn’t want to leave you
I didn’t wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers (oh)
Write my name in the sand (mmh)
Talk to myself for hours (yeah)
Say things you don’t understand (never will)
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby (oh)
Can love me better
I can love me better (than you can), baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I
02. Jaded
The second song of the album literally means “Jaded” and continues the story of the first song. This time she goes back to make it clear that her breakup was hard, and she takes the opportunity to ask for forgiveness for the bad things she did. However, she makes it clear that the goodbye is final. The complete lyrics are as follows:
I don’t wanna call and talk too long
I know it was wrong, but never said I was sorry
Now I’ve had time to think it over
We’re much older and the bone’s too big to bury
Oh, isn’t it a shame that it ended like that?
Said goodbye forever, but you never unpacked
We went to hell, but we never came back
I’m sorry that you’re jaded
I could’ve taken you places
You’re lonely now and I hate it
I’m sorry that you’re jaded
You’re not even willing to look at your part
You just jump in the car and head down to the bar ’til you blurry
You don’t know when to stop, so you take it too far
And I don’t know where you are and I’m left in the dark ’til I’m worried
Ooh, and it hurts me
And it’s a fucking shame that it ended like that
You broke your own arm, but you’d never say that
We went to hell, but we never came back
I’m sorry that you’re jaded (Jaded)
I could’ve taken you places (Places)
You’re lonely now and I hate it
I’m sorry that you’re jaded
I won’t lie, it won’t be easy
When somebody new is on your body
I’ll change my number, but keep your t-shirt
I don’t mind it’s torn up and faded
I’m sorry that you’re jaded (Jaded)
I could’ve taken you places (Places)
You’re lonely now and I hate it
I’m sorry that you’re jaded
I’m sorry that you’re jaded
03. Rose Colored Lenses
As if it were a movie, this third song continues the story of Miley Cyrus’ album. This time she talks about an impossible, unattainable love that she has always dreamed of and that she doesn’t know if it will ever come true. The full lyrics, below:
Sunrise got us up early
So we put on our shade
Somehow the bed sheets are dirty
Like sticky sweet lemonade
Never wanna leave this room
Daydream, déjà vu
If I had control over you
We could stay like this forever, lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds, falling stupid like we’re kids
Wearing rose-colored lenses, let’s just play pretend
Wearing rose-colored lenses, pretend we’ll never end
Naked in conversation
Drown me in your daylight
Endless summer vacation
Make it last ’til we die
My baby got looks that kill (Kill)
Make a mess of a nice hotel (Hotel)
If I had control over you
We could stay like this forever, lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds, falling stupid like we’re kids
Wearing rose-colored lenses, let’s just play pretend
Wearing rose-colored lenses, pretend we’ll never end
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
We could stay like this forever, lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds, falling stupid like we’re kids
Wearing rose-colored lenses, let’s just play pretend
Wearing rose-colored lenses, pretend we’ll never end
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s just keep pretending (Stay like this forever)
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s just keep pretending (Stay like this forever)
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever, ah, ah
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
Let’s stay like this forever
04. Thousand Miles (feat. Brandi Carlile)
In the fourth song on the album, it’s unclear who Miley Cyrus is speaking for, but the reality is that she’s talking about a past love she can’t forget. Certainly, after her empowering message in Flowers, it doesn’t sound like she’s also dedicating it to Hemsworth. Here are the lyrics:
Amazing
I’m driving ’round town in a beat-up old Mercedes
You think I’m crazy
You might be right
But when he smiles, I don’t care about the past
Just like that
I told myself I closed that door
But I’m right back here again
I know half of what I’m saying don’t make no sense
So don’t ask me where I’ve been
I’m not always right, but still, I ain’t got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don’t really care
I’m out of my mind, but still, I’m holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
I look in the rear-view
I was talking to you ‘fore I realized this madness
Before the sadness
Oh, I pick up the phone and I call back home
But all I get is a dial tone
And instead of hanging up, I hang my head
I told myself I closed that door
But I’m right back here again
I know half of what I’m saying don’t make no sense
So don’t ask me where I’ve been
I’m not always right, but still, I ain’t got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don’t really care
I’m out of my mind, but still, I’m holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
You might also like
I told myself I closed that door
But I’m right back here again
I know half of what I’m saying don’t make no sense
So don’t ask me where I’ve been
I’m not always right, but still, I ain’t got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don’t really care
I’m out of my mind, but still, I’m holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
05. You
Once again, the breakup returns to Miley Cyrus in which, tired of heartbreak, the singer gives herself to a new love in which she explains that it does not have to be eternal, but useful and that will mark her life. A message of measured hope after much drama. These are her lyrics:
I wanna set off alarms
Deal out the cards
Smoke Cuban cigars
Get kicked outta bars before two
But only if it’s with you
And I wanna drive down to Texas
Flip off my exes
Get kind of reckless and have wild, wild, wild sex under the Moon
But only if it’s with you
I got some baggage
Let’s do some damage
I am not made for no horsey and carriage
You know I’m savage
You’re looking past it
I want that late night sweet magic, that forever lasting love
But only if it’s with you
Let’s crash a wedding tonight
Get drunk by the lights
Then I’ll pick a fight to make up on the floor of your room
But only if it’s with you
And I wanna cut off my hair
And kick off my boots
And dance in the wind just to do it again, yeah, it’s true
But only if it’s with you
I got some baggage
Let’s do some damage
I am not made for no horsey and carriage
You know I’m savage, but you’re looking past it
I want that late night sweet magic, that forever lasting
I’m kinda crazy ’cause that’s how you make me
I don’t need Jesus ’cause, baby, you saved me, I’m done
But only if it’s with you, oh
You, only with you, yeah, yeah
You, only with you, yeah, yeah, yeah
You, baby, it’s you
You, you, only with you
06. Handstand
Things get fun with this electronic hit by Miley in which she takes Lady Gaga‘s greatest hits as a reference to compose a song about a desire that she is looking for, but that she knows is far from materializing. Love and dream are confused in a purely musical theme. The lyrics are not to be missed:
We met each other on the neon dinghy
Past the manta rays and palm trees
Glowing creatures beamed down from great heights
Electric eels in red venom
In the sky, we could see the riders on the horseback
On comets, coming toward us, kicking up with laughter
My friend Big Twitchy rode the boat to the light
Surfed the north break
We danced until there was nothing left
Just me and Twitchy
‘Cause that’s all we knew
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
You’re questioning the science, ’cause you don’t understand
How I’m doing what I’m doing in a fucking handstand
You found it so impressive that I do it again
My other one is busy, so I use my left hand
We took it kinda fast but you’re put it in slow
I see your mother’s calling and you’re hitting ignore
It’s like you saw a unicorn, you don’t understand
How I’m doin’ what I’m doin’ in a fucking handstand
I wish I could crawl inside your heart
Take you captive and then sail away
I wish I could know that it’s forever
Take me captive and then sail away
You’re questioning the science, ’cause you don’t understand
How I’m doing what I’m doing in a fucking handstand
You found it so impressive that I do it again
My other one is busy, so I use my left hand
We took it kinda fast but you’re put it in slow
I see your mother’s calling and you’re hitting ignore
It’s like you saw a unicorn, you don’t understand
How I’m doin’ what I’m doin’ in a fucking handstand
07. River
Miley leaves behind the melancholy in this part of the album to turn it into something much more experimental, electronic and danceable. On this track she once again throws a lot of jabs at Hemsworth and her past with him, making it clear with an eighties rhythm that she is way above what he has ever been. These are her lyrics:
I got a new dress just to meet you downtown
Can you walk me through the park just to show it off?
I can pull my hair back in that tight way that you like
If you wrap me in your arms and never stop
Heart beats so loud that it’s drownin’ me out
Livin’ in an April shower
You’re pourin’ down, baby, drown me out (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You’re just like a river (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You’re just like a river (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
You go on forever
You’re just like a river
You’re never runnin’ dry (Oh)
I feel you everywhere
Your face is all in my hair (Hair)
Covered up in your sweat
It turns me on that you care, baby
Your love, it flows just like a river
You’re just like a river (That’s what you are)
You’re just like a river (That’s what you are)
You’re just like a river (That’s what you are)
You’re just like a river
You’re just like a river (Heart beats so loud that it’s drownin’ me out)
You’re just like a river (Livin’ in an April shower)
You go on forever (You’re pourin’ down, baby, drown me out)
You’re just like a river
08. Violet Chemistry
The more electronic Miley Cyrus continues with this track that talks about ending a night out. When the lights come on and you see the one you’ve had by your side all night, everything can change: you can stay there or you can move on. A track full of sex, fun and chemistry that fits more with the Miley of Wrecking Ball. Here are her lyrics:
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on, but you don’t wanna leave
And your phone is lost
But the car’s outside, waitin’ out on the street
Tonight, we’ll just be wrong, ain’t done this in so long
We ain’t gotta talk, baby, we’ll keep the stereo on
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on, but you don’t wanna leave
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, don’t deny the violet chemistry (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Mm, no, oh)
Stay a while, put your arms around me
Put them around me
When thе floor is wet
And the lights come on, but you don’t wanna lеave
Can I bum a cigarette? (Bum a cigarette)
We could paint our names in black on the marquee
Tonight, we’ll just be wrong (Wrong), ain’t done this in so long (Long)
We ain’t gotta talk, baby, we’ll keep the stereo on
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on, but you don’t wanna leave
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, don’t deny the violet chemistry (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Mm, no, oh)
Stay a while, put your arms around me
Put them around me
Fingers start to dance along the figures and the shapes
Mixing all the colors like we’re makin’ a Monet
There’s something between us that’s too major to ignore
May not be eternal but nocturnal, nothin’ more
Fingers start to dance along the figures and the shapes
Mixing all the colors like we’re makin’ a Monet
There’s something between us that’s too major to ignore
May not be eternal but nocturnal, nothin’ more
Tonight, we’ll just be wrong (Wrong), ain’t done this in so long (Long)
We ain’t gotta talk, baby, we’ll keep the stereo on
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, don’t deny the violet chemistry (Oh, oh)
Stay a while, stay a while with me (Mm, no, oh)
Stay a while, put your arms around me
Put them around me
Stay with me a while, stay with me a while
Stay with me a while, stay with me a while
Stay with me a while, stay with me a while
Stay with me a while, stay with me a while
09. Muddy Feet (feat. Sia)
No more and no less than Sia accompanies Miley Cyrus in the ninth track of Endless Summer Vacation. The singer accompanies her in a song full of insults, in which they insult each other with a beastly bad mouth. She makes it clear that it’s for her ex, talking about an infidelity and something that has hurt her very badly. All the lyrics below:
I don’t know
Who the hell you think you’re messin’ with
Get the fuck out of my house with that shit
Get the fuck out of my life with that shit
And I don’t know
Who the hell you think you’re messin’ with
Get the fuck out of my house with that shit
Get the fuck out of my life with that shit
And you smell like perfume that I didn’t purchase
Now I know why you’ve been closing the curtains (Uh-uh)
Get the fuck out of my house
You’re comin’ ’round
With your muddy feet
I’ma about to do some ’bout it
Yeah, I’ma have to do some ’bout it
You keep comin’ ’round
With your muddy feet
And I’ma have to do some ’bout it
Yeah, I’ma about to do some ’bout it
Back and forth
Always questioning my questioning
Get thе fuck out of my head with that shit
Get the fuck out of my bеd with that shit
You’ve watered the weeds and you killed all the roses
Worthy arrives when the other door closes (Uh-uh)
So get the fuck out of my house with that shit
You’re comin’ ’round (Comin’ ’round, baby)
With your muddy feet
I’ma about to do some ’bout it (What I do)
Yeah, I’ma have to do some ’bout it (What I do)
And I don’t know
Who you’re messin’ with
And I’ma have to do some ’bout it (What I do)
Yeah, I’ma about to do some ’bout it (What I do)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, mm
Woah, oh, oh, oh, mm
Woah, oh, oh, oh, mm (You’re comin’ ’round)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, mm (You’re comin’ ’round, baby)
(What I do, what I do)
Get the fuck out of my house with that shit
10. Wildcard
War drums are beating and Miley Cyrus lets loose on her most rocking song of the album in an empowering track where she puts herself above her supposed love interest. It’s the most warrior-like Miley of the last few we’ve heard, but her voice sounds just as clear. Here are her lyrics:
Do you wanna play house? I could be your wife
Go and meet your mom in a dress too tight
Maybe I could stay and not break your heart
But don’t forget, baby, I’m a wildcard
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
And don’t wait for me
‘Cause forever may never come
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Loving you is never enough
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Forever may never come
I walk in the door, with my lips stained red
Pillows on the floor and the flowers dead
Make the music stop before it starts
‘Cause don’t forget, baby, I’m a wildcard
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Loving you is never enough
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Forever may never come
And ooh, bet you’re lovin’
I want all in, I want all or nothing
Ooh, it’ll cost ya
I want all in, I want all or nothing
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Loving you is never enough
I’m a wildcard, oh-ooh
Forever may never come
11. Island
After the brutal journey she’s been through throughout the album, Miley arrives on her own “island,” a fortress of solitude from which she sings with all the wisdom her experience has given her. More relaxed and knowing what she wants, she reflects on her life in a track her fans will long remember. Below are the full lyrics to Island:
I’m on an island, dirty dancing in the sun
So close to heaven, but so far from everyone
Yeah, I’ve got treasures buried underneath the sand
But I’m still wishing for the love that I don’t have
Mama told me, “Girl, smoke ’em if you got ’em”
Left my lighter back at home with all my problems
So I’m sittin’ here wondering all day long
Am I stranded (Am I stranded) on an island? (On an island)
Or have I landed (Have I landed) in paradise?
Am I stranded (Am I stranded) on an island? (On an island)
Or have I landed in paradise?
I can paint my toenails whilе I’m soaking up the sea
The only thing that’s missing hеre is you and our TV
And I won’t lie, it sure gets lonely here at night
But no one here needs nothin’ from me and it’s kind of nice
Mama told me, “Girl, smoke ’em if you got ’em”
Left my lighter back at home with all my problems
So I’m sittin’ here wondering all day long
Am I stranded (Am I stranded) on an island? (On an island)
Or have I landed (Have I landed) in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
I hear your voice like a song on the radio
All day along, ’cause, boy, I’ve been missing you
I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah
I hear your voice like a song on the radio (Hey, ah)
All day along, ’cause, boy, I’ve been missing you (Hey)
I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
On an island? (All day along, ’cause, boy, I’ve been missing you)
Or have I landed (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
In paradise?
Am I stranded (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
On an island? (All day along, ’cause, boy, I’ve been missing you)
Or have I landed (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
In paradise?
Am I stranded (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
On an island? (All day along, ’cause, boy, I’ve been missing you)
Or have I landed (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
In paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed
12. Wonder Woman
Anyone would think that, from the title (Wonder Woman), Miley Cyrus would end the album with a new empowering and empowering song. However, although it has all these elements, it is a beautiful ballad dedicated to a woman she admires, loves and respects. A hymn to someone we don’t know but with whom we would all want to be with. Her lyrics are admirable:
She’s a wonder woman
She knows what she likes
Never know she’s broken
‘Cause she’s always fine
She’s a million moments
Lived a thousand lives
Never know she’s hopeless
Only when she cries
When her favorite record’s on and she’s dancing in the dark
She can’t stop her eyes from welling up, up
She makes sure that no one’s ’round to see her fall apart
She wants to be thе one that never doеs
She’s a won’t-stop woman
Hours on her hands
All the pain is polished
All the tears are planned
But when her favorite record’s on and she’s dancing in the dark
She can’t stop her eyes from welling up, up
She makes sure that no one’s ’round to see her fall apart
She wants to be the one that never does
She’s a wonder woman
She knows what she likes
Never know she’s broken
Only when she cries (Mm, mm)
Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.
