Lyrics Impossible Soul - Sufjan Stevens

Impossible Soul

Oh, woman, tell me what you want
And I’ll calm down without bleeding out
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul
Woman, too, promise me you’ll stay and put off all your woes
I was wigging out, too much worry
I could not get you at all
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
But I know you won’t go, not for it at last
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul
And all I couldn’t sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Don’t be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn’t at all
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
To the black of night, now I know it’s not what I wanted at all
And you said something like, «All you want is all the world for yourself»
But all I want is the perfect love
Though I know it’s small, I want love for us all
And all I couldn’t sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Trying to be something that I wasn’t at all
Do you want to be afraid?
Do you want to be afraid?
For life in the cage where courage’s mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Do you want to be alone?
Do you want to be alone?
For life isn’t stained of righteousness pain
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Do you want to love me more?
Do you want to love me more?
For love is the breath
If water and wave
Is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
Is it worth all the work?
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Have you failed to feel delight?
(No, I don’t want to feel pain)
Have you failed to feel delight?
(No, I don’t want to feel pain)
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Do you want to be afraid?
(No, I don’t want to feel pain)
Do you want to be afraid?
(No, I don’t want to feel pain)
For life in the cage (for life in the cage)
Where courage’s mate (where courage’s mate)
Runs deep in the wake (runs deep in the wake)
For the scariest things (for the scariest things)
Are not half as enslaved (are not half as enslaved)
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Now
Don’t be distracted, don’t be distracted
Now
(No, don’t be distracted) (x13)
Stupid man in the window, I couldn’t be at rest
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn’t be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn’t be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn’t be at rest
And don’t be shy in the window
Come down and give your best
Oh, delight in the window I couldn’t be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn’t be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn’t give my best
Oh, I know it wasn’t safe, it wasn’t safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn’t safe, it wasn’t safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn’t safe, it wasn’t safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn’t safe, it wasn’t safe to speak at all
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan
It’s a long life, better pinch yourself
Put your face together, better get it right
It’s a long life, better hit yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
It’s a long life, only one last chance
Couldn’t get much better, do you wanna dance?
It’s a long life, better pinch yourself
Get your face together, better stand up straight
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
Boy, we can do much more together
(better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together;
It’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
It’s a long life, better pinch yourself
Get your face together, better roll along
It’s a long life, better pinch yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
It’s a long life only one last chance
Couldn’t get much better, do you wanna dance?
It’s a good life, better pinch yourself
Is it impossible?
Is it impossible?
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy we can do much more together, it’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
It’s a long life, better pinch yourself
Put your face together, better get it right
It’s a long life, better hit yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Does it register?
Do you wanna dance?
In the right life, it’s a miracle
Possibility, do you wanna dance?
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
It’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
It’s not so impossible
(Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan)
Do you want to dance?
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
(Boy, we can do much more together
It’s not so impossible)
(Boy, we can do much more together)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy, we can do much more together
(It's not so impossible)
Boy
I never meant to cause you pain
My burden is the weight of a feather
I never meant to lead you on
I only meant to please me, however
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more together
Boy, we can do much more together
I’m nothing but a selfish man
I’m nothing but a privileged peddler
And did you think I’d stay the night?
And did you think I’d love you forever?
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more together
Boy, we can do much more together
I got to tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
I got to tell you, boy, we made such a mess
Boy, we made such a mess
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together