Miley Cyrus Opened up About the Origins of Her Hit Song ‘Flowers’

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" about her relationship with ? A gentlewoman never tells! However, in her cover interview with , the did reveal that the song originally had a very different message.

By now, you've probably heard “Flowers” a thousand times since its release in January, but just in case, here's a refresher on the chorus lyrics.

I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hoursSay things you don't understandI can take myself dancingAnd I can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better than you canEmpowering, right?!

But it wasn't always. In fact, it used to be really, really sad.  “I wrote it in a really different way," Cyrus explained. "The chorus was originally: ‘I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand, but I can’t love me better than you can.’ It used to be more, like, 1950s.