Impossible Soul lyrics

[Part 1 - Sufjan:]

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

[Part 2 - Shara Worden and Sufjan Stevens:]

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)

[Instrumental break]

[Part 3 - Sufjan:]

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

1, 2, 3, 4!

[Part 4 - 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)

[Short instrumental]

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

[Part 5 - Sufjan (Acoustic):]

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

• Artist:Sufjan Stevens
• Album:The Age of Adz