Flowers

Miley Cyrus first met Australian actor Liam Hemsworth on the set of their film The Last Song. They started dating and had an on-and-off-again relationship for several years that included two engagements. Cyrus and Hemsworth eventually married on December 23, 2018, in a private ceremony at their Nashville home. The marriage crumbled eight months later, and their divorce was finalized in January 2020. Here, Cyrus reflects on their doomed relationship and affirms that she doesn't need Hemsworth to make her happy.

Cyrus starts the breezy song by recalling how their relationship started off so well. But then they lost their $2.5 million southern California home during the Woolsey fires. We were good, we were gold Kind of dream that can't be sold We were right 'til we weren't Built a home and watched it burn The Woolsey Fire, which occurred between November 8-21, 2018, caused extensive damage in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties of California. As well as Cyrus, many other musicians lost their homes to the wildfire, including Fred Durst, Neil Young, Lil Pump and Robin Thicke. Cyrus uses it as metaphor for how her union with Hemsworth burned out.

During the chorus, Cyrus affirms that she's learned to love herself and is blooming on her own, while taking Hemsworth to task for slacking off on their relationship. I can buy myself flowers Write my name in 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 The song serves as a reminder to Cyrus of her own worth and the type of love she deserves. The pop star is determined to receive the love she needs in the form and intensity she desires, and if she can't find it in a partner, she will give it to herself. The flowers mentioned in the lyrics symbolize the attention and care that she needs and wants to give to herself.