by Miley Cyrus · 2024
“End of the World” by Miley Cyrus is about living in the moment, cherishing love, and experiencing life to the fullest with someone special, as if tomorrow might never come.
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End of the World’ by Miley Cyrus is a song about feeling like everything is falling apart, but choosing love and hope anyway. We’re going to break down the lyrics and see why this song hits home for so many people. ⬇️
The atmosphere Miley paints is cinematic—apocalyptic skies, comet streaks, and the looming sense that tomorrow might not come. Yet, woven through this chaos is a heartbeat of rebellion: a determination to love fiercely even when the world seems to be ending.
The chorus—“Let’s pretend it’s not the end of the world”—lands like a sigh and a battle cry all at once. It’s as if we’re being asked to hold hands while the ceiling crumbles, to spend our saved-up dollars on something wild and beautiful because, why not? We feel that urge to squeeze someone tight, to savor every second, and maybe, just maybe, to laugh in the face of doom.
In the verses, Miley’s words spin between melancholy and mischief—buying a Mercedes-Benz, partying “like McCartney,” painting Paris with reckless abandon. “Show me how you’d hold me if tomorrow wasn’t coming for sure”—that lyric aches, doesn’t it? She’s inviting us to live bravely, to do the things fear stole from us, to make art out of disaster and find nirvana in chaos.
There’s a raw honesty here, a confession that sometimes the sky really does feel like it’s falling, and all we have is each other and the present moment. The imagery—Fourth of July comets, Malibu sunsets, Picasso dreams—blurs the line between fantasy and real heartbreak, urging us to love harder because nothing is promised.
Miley’s “End of the World” reminds us, in her perfectly imperfect voice, that when the future feels shaky, love and reckless joy might just be the best rebellion we’ve got.
Writer(s) of End of the World: Jonathan Rado, Shawn Everett, Gregory Hein, Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus, Alex O Hanley, Molly Rankin
