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Riff: Miley Cyrus – “Malibu”

Oct 3, 2017

We watched the sun go down as we were walkin’/I’d spent the rest of my life just standing here talkin’/You would explain the current, as I just smile/Hoping that you’ll stay the same and nothing will change

from Malibu lyrics by Miley Cyrus

As she attempts to reconcile with a former love, her reinvention takes another transparent step forward. Instead of her body, it’s the sound that is stripped down to the bare essentials. She’s letting it all out, and reminiscing over better days. It takes her back to the beach, where she daydreams about the time they spent together. The sap is unbearable, another vainglorious display.

 

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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