Impossible
Unlocking Love's Code: Facing the Impossible
Lyrics
Play somethin' for me, Alicia
Expression of a request to play music for Alicia.
(There you go, Chris, what's up?)
Acknowledgment and response to the request.
I just got somethin' on my mind
Indication of having something on the mind.
(Speak on it, girl)
Encouragement to share thoughts or feelings.
Oh, mm, oh
Expression of emotions, possibly indicating a contemplative or emotional state.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
-Oh (yeah), oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
-It's impossible
Expressing the impossibility of love if one doesn't communicate and hides feelings.
It's impossible to love you
-If you don't let me know what you're feeling, yeah, oh
-It's impossible for me to give you what you need, oh yeah
-If you're always hiding from me, oh
-I don't know what hurt you
Expressing lack of understanding about the cause of emotional pain.
I just, I wanna make it right
Desire to make things right and address the emotional hurt.
'Cause boy, I'm sick and tired of trying to read your mind
Frustration with the difficulty of understanding the partner's feelings without communication.
It's impossible (impossible)
Reiteration of the impossibility of love without openness and communication.
Oh, baby, it's impossible (impossible) for me to love you
-It's the way it is
-It's impossible (impossible)
-Oh, baby, it's impossible (impossible)
-If you're makin' it this way
Challenging the partner's approach to the relationship.
Impossible to make it easy
Highlighting the difficulty of making the relationship work when one is guarded and makes it challenging.
If you always tryin' to make it so damn hard, oh, yeah (yeah)
-How can I, how can I give you all my love? Baby, oh
-If you're always, always puttin' up your guard? Oh
-This is not a circus
Metaphorical reference, cautioning against playing games in the relationship.
Don't you play me for a clown
-How long can emotions keep on going up and down?
-It's impossible (impossible)
Emphasis on the impossibility of love under current relationship dynamics.
Oh, baby, it's impossible (impossible) for me to love you
-It's the way it is
-It's impossible (impossible)
-Oh, baby, it's impossible (impossible)
-If you keep treatin' me this way (over and over)
Expressing frustration with mistreatment and an unsustainable pattern in the relationship.
Over (impossible), impossible, baby (impossible)
Repetition of the theme of impossibility due to the partner's behavior.
Oh, if you're makin' it this way, this way (way)
-(Impossible) oh, baby, it's impossible (impossible)
-If you're makin' it this way
-Oh, yeah (yeah)
Closing remarks, possibly indicating resignation or disappointment.
Hey, oh yeah
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