Part of Me

Last year my boyfriend broke up with me and started dating one of my close friends. He told me this over a text. I was a crying mess and my friend ending up driving me home while I complained about all the horrible things he did to me. Eventually, I ran out of things to say and we turned up the radio. That was the first time I heard this song, and by the second chorus I was singing along. I'm not a big pop fan, but this song really means a lot to me, and reminded me that there are parts of me that no man will ever have :)

These are the fixed lyrics:

"You took my life You drained me down But that was then And this is now"

"Throw your sticks and your stones, Throw your bombs and your blows, But you're not gonna break my soul"

"Cause you ripped me up Your love was cheap It was always tearing at the seams I fell deep and you let me drown But that was then and this is now"

"Now look at me I'm sparklin' A firework, a dancin' flame You will never put me out again I'm glowin' oh-oh whoa oh"

"So you can keep the diamond ring It don't mean nothing anyway In fact you can keep everything, yeah, yeah Except for me"

Agree with the others, it's a screw you to Russell Brand, especially when she started with ET at the Grammy's, which we can assume was written for him. I love Katy Perry and how strong she is.

It's "bombs and blows". The other version also says "So you can keep the diamond ring. It don't mean nothing anyway" instead of "You can keep the dog for me. I never liked him anyway".

The song meaning is pretty self-explanatory....she dealt with an emotionally abusive man but he did not break her soul and he never will.

“Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong — that is your oath.” Oath of the Knight's Templar

If a man doesn't stand for something, he'll fall for anything. The cost of standing by your beliefs can be a high one, but the cost of abandoning them is even higher. This is the part of me, you'll never take away from me. It doesn't have to be military propaganda to push a war effort, it can be a mantra for safeguarding your faith.

Edmond: Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you Count of Monte Cristo

The song is basically about how even though you broke me down, there is always this one part that you can never break and that part, as small as it may be, it will help me rebuild myself into a better version of myself once you're gone.

Just for the record this is an old track of Katy's that was cut from the Teenage Dream record so its probably safe to say it was written FOR Russell... doesn't mean the timing of the release doesn't mean anything.

That's all I got. Good song, not amazing but I'd like to see her do more of these kind of slightly deeper (relatively) songs. She rocks regardless.

Love this song! She's saying that she can be crazy and she can do whatever she wants cause its her life...that's what I think.

A couple months ago, I had this huge crush on this cool guy at school. After the last day of school, I found out he liked me back, but he thought I was weird. Believe it or not, I got super-mega-ultra-trimately depressed, and cried over him for two weeks in a row before sleeping.

Then, when I wanted to get over him, I heard this on the radio, even though it's old, and I decided to become independent, and not let my heart get broken so easily another time. Katy Perry rules. End of story.

Instead of saying "bombs and boots" I think she's saying "bombs and bones". Not sure but at least it rhymes better.

I forgot to add on my other comment that this song also means that u are free from all that stress...like u know when u have a boyfriend or girlfriend u always have to worry about them. So that's why she joined the marines because she wad free. So yeah! Bye Bye!