Here's What Miley Cyrus' Midnight Sky Really Means
Daniel Cobb
But then, there are these lyrics in "Midnight Sky" that make you go hmmm: "Lotta years went by with my hands tied up in your ropes (your ropes) / Forever and ever, no more." It doesn't take a relationship expert to figure out that Cyrus is referencing her relationship with Liam Hemsworth, which spanned more than a decade. It seems like Cyrus is over the relationship, especially when she belts out a line like, "But it's been a long time since I felt this good on my own" and "I was born to run, I don't belong to anyone, oh no / I don't need to be loved by you (by you)." Ouch.
But why a "midnight sky"? Well, Miley Cyrus explains that, too. "And you know, the midnight sky, I think is kind of a road that feels like it could be nice to take with our head up in the clouds," she said in an interview with the Zach Sang Show. "So I think that it's a cool message, to tell people to create the environment and the world that you wanna live in and I think that's happening on a very political level right now."
Politics aside, "Midnight Sky" is about love, loss, losing yourself — and finding yourself without limitations or fear of failure. And that's something everyone probably needs to hear right now.