"Ghost" is a look back on Cyrus's younger self. Marked by an echoing chorus, the song is Cyrus's time to reflect on the depression she's dealt with since she was 11 years old and her desire to for emotional comfort. "It's such a brilliantly haunting song with an array of meanings," Cyrus told Rolling Stone. "I can't help but see my younger self so hollow and sad filled with hatred towards herself . . . When I picture little me, I just see her needing a pair of arms around her; someone to let her know she'll grow up and be OK, and that one day the mirror won't be her enemy."