Impossible
James Arthur (Shontelle cover) Lyrics

I remember years ago
He recalls someone's advice from long ago

Someone told me I should take
He received a warning from someone

Caution when it comes to love, I did
He followed the advice and was careful with love

And you were strong and I was not
The other person was strong while he was weak

My illusion, my mistake
He made a mistake due to his own illusion

I was careless, I forgot, I did
He didn't take care and forgot to be cautious

And now
He's speaking about the present

When all is done, there is nothing to say
There's no need to say anything now that it's all over

You have gone and so effortlessly
The other person left with ease

You have won, you can go ahead tell them
The other person won and can brag about it to others

Tell them all I know now
He wants the other person to know everything he knows

Shout it from the roof tops
He wants the other person to spread it everywhere

Write it on the sky line
He wants the message to be written in the sky

All we had is gone now
He acknowledges that everything they had is over

Tell them I was happy
He wants the other person to know he was once happy

And my heart is broken
But now his heart is broken

All my scars are open
He's feeling vulnerable with all his emotional wounds exposed

Tell them what I hoped would be impossible,
He wants the other person to know what he thought was impossible

Impossible
That what he hoped for doesn't seem possible anymore

Falling out of love is hard
He acknowledges how difficult it is to fall out of love

Falling for betrayal is worse
But falling for someone who betrays you is even worse

Broken trust and broken hearts
Trust and hearts were broken in this relationship

I know, I know
He's empathizing and acknowledging the pain he caused

And thinking all you need is there
He thought he had everything he needed in this relationship

Building faith on love and words
He built his faith on love and words but it wasn't enough

Empty promises will wear
The empty promises eventually got old and wore down the relationship

When all is done, there is nothing to say
Once the relationship is over, there's not much else to say

And if you're done with embarrassing me
He's addressing the other person directly and highlighting that they embarrassed him

On your own you can go ahead tell them
He's giving permission for the other person to talk about the situation on their own

Oh what I hoped would be impossible,
He repeats his previous line, emphasizing his feeling of sorrow

Impossible (impossible)
That what he hoped for is impossible, and he repeats it to himself

Impossible (impossible)
He repeats it once more, further emphasizing the idea of the impossible

Impossible
He concludes the song by repeating his central idea, that what he hoped for is now impossible