Katy Perry: Firework Meaning

Song Released: 2009

Firework Lyrics

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
drifting through the wind
wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
like a house of cards,
one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
6 feet under screams but no...

1. anonymous

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   Aug 5th 2013 !⃝

   The song is about the radical Islamists. They live the life of a loser but have the chance to be great, they just need to decide to, they can explode like a firework, and go up in the sky for their great work.
   
   Think about it when you hear the song. You'll never again hear it as a positive inspiration again.
2. anonymous

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   Feb 18th 2013 !⃝

   I think this song is about overcoming differences(challenges) and to be yourself.
3. nobodyyouknow

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   Nov 29th 2012 !⃝

   My previous interpretation got mixed up. For some reason it was posted here, while it should be posted on "The Real Slim Shady".
4. nobodyyouknow

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   Nov 29th 2012 !⃝

   I hate how every song has to have a meaning. Everyone has to know what they were thinking when they wrote that song. Well, if you must know what it means, I will do my best at explaining.
   
   It is about how in all of us there is a psychotic freak waiting to be unleashed. We all try to persuade it to stay hidden underneath. We just joke about it and feel a little greif. But Slim Shady has the balls to say it and spit it like no other can try to hit it. It is about how everybody is a little twisted. But he is the real twisted one and he is proud. He is no tgonna sugarcoat anything to anyone and he doesnt care what you think. We all have something like that in us.
5. anonymous

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   Nov 29th 2012 !⃝

   Katy is encouraging young girls everywhere to make guys cum and have guys jerk off to them. "Make em go uh uh uh " and "shoot" - obvious!
   
   Message: "Exercise for a tight body, show it off, and make 'em cum!"

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
6. anonymous

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   Aug 9th 2012 !⃝

   Firework makes you think you can do anything you belive in. Lets say you want to be a really good singer, just go to youtube and post a amazing cover of this song! More people will feel like they are a good firework. Live lofe like there is no tomorrow, Katy Perry made a master peice <3
7. anonymous

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   Jun 3rd 2012 !⃝

   It is about a man having an orgasm.
8. anonymous

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   Apr 26th 2012 !⃝

   Be as you are that is it!
9. anonymous

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   Apr 22nd 2012 !⃝

   In my opinion She's saying there's always a way to find your way back up, even if you've sunk to the bottom. "You don't have to feel like a wasted space, you are original cannot be replaced.": You're your own person, and that person is amazing in it's own way.
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    Mar 30th 2012 !⃝

    To me, this song kinda motivational one.~LOVE AND HOPE.
    
    Keep holding on to your dreams. Never let anyone to put you down. Everybody is god special creation cos beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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    Mar 3rd 2012 !⃝

    I think this song is about how you can live your life without paying attenion to the other,s insults.you,re like a firework and you have lots of abilities and you shouldn,t underestimate them.
12. anonymous

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    Dec 29th 2011 !⃝

    Firework is (in away) a kind of love song. A guy could sing it to a girl yo tell her when she's having a bad day.
    
    The other interpritation is the usual-an inspirational song. It's about being you and not caring, just shining and showing everyone who you are.
    
    At my school, 5th grade choir sang and danced to this. They were great!
13. anonymous

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    Oct 11th 2011 !⃝

    Katy is trying to say that we are all unique and special in our beautiful ways. When we slip and fall, when we feel insecure, we have to just simply get back up again, think positive and burst. show everybody that you don't care what they think. show them that you are who you are; that bright, powerful, beautiful spark. we should stand up for what we think is right loud and proud, make everyone say "wow". we are all fireworks and nobody can change that. when we feel like we want to start again, we have to think that there is still another chance. we just have to face that challenge and shoot up into the sky.
14. anonymous

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    Sep 13th 2011 !⃝

    The meaning behind firework is to have confidence and not let your insecurities stand in the way of your goals and dreams
15. anonymous

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    Jun 24th 2011 !⃝

    This song is one of a kind. It's a motivating and inspiring one. We are all fireworks in different aspects.

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