Lyric discussion by imnotalivex 

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.

exactly that is the meaning

@imnotalivex no the meaning is not for russell its for me...and I still have our diamond ring & she apologizes for this song in her other song too me #LoveMe ALSO kool thing no one knows, when she sings this she takes it back in liver performances by placing her hand over her heart bc WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, me-the marine, I married her WAY BEFORE RUSSELL I made a VOW & I placed my hand over my heart..so when u see her do that its bc of me

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