The song is about overcoming hardship and becoming stronger as a result of difficult experiences. It discusses how what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and that the singer has become stronger and more independent after a breakup. The lyrics express that the singer no longer feels broken down after the relationship ended, and is now focusing on herself rather than the other person.

1. STRONGER (WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU),
KELLY CLARKSON

2. You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in colour
And do the things I want

3. You think you got the best of me
Think you had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're devil

4. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fire
Put that thing on lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone

5. What doesn't kill you makes you
stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

6. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fire
Put that thing on lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone

7. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,
stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you strongerStand a
little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

8. Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not a broken hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end the day to left
was just my beginning

9. In the end...
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fire
Put that thing on lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone

10. What doesn't kill you makes you
stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone