Impossible Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rebeccaturbs 

Cover art for Impossible lyrics by Shontelle

"Impossible" is a song about a girl who decided she would take wise advice and apply it to her life while taking "caution when it comes to love." And so she did, and everything seemed perfect for the long run. But further into their relationship, it was clear that her significant other was stronger than her in the relationship, "you were strong and I was not" and because she was so deep in love with him, she was "careless and forgot" about continuing to take caution, or realizing that he was in total control. This completely damaged their relationship because he took advantage of her naiveness about love and trust.

"You have gone and so effortlessly You have won" this is referring to the fact that he broke her heart so easily, with a snap of his fingers, by cheating on her with multiple women. "Tell THEM all I know now" is her wanting the other women to know because if her relationship to him meant nothing, than neither will his other ones.

"Tell them what I hoped would be impossible" He is never going to change because as the saying goes... once a cheater, always a cheater. It's a lifestyle he's grown into and it was impossible for their "love" to mean anything when she wasn't the only girl in his life.

"Tell them I was happy and my heart is broken All my scars are open" Even though she was happy at the time, her heart is broken now so basically it doesn't mean anything if she's just going to be hurt in the end the "and" is what signifies this she was happy AND her heart is broken All her scars are open to show the "others" he has been with that this is what happened to her, out of this damaging relationship

"Thinking all you need is there Building faith on love and words Empty promises will wear" again, this refers to her being naive into love She thought since their love and words were so strong that automatically faith would be attached into that package, when evidently that wasn't the case. She thought everything they needed in their relationship was there, and it wasn't. There was no loyalty involved, one of the key qualities to obtain in a relationship.

Song Meaning

I think this song means, she was always taught to take caution with her heart and she she thought she had, she believed that it was safe to give her heart to this man and found out she was wrong, "My illusion, my mistake". And since the damage is already done, he can't hurt her anymore than she already is so he might as well go ahead and tell everyone how he played her, what she hoped would have been impossible from him.