Impossible Lyrics
How are you feeling? How are you doing?
I'm sorry, I just wanted to hear your voice so clear
What are you thinking? Am I amusing?
It's so strange to talk after all these years
What is the meaning? It's so confusing
All my old feelings coming back to me
When was the last time that I saw your face?
Know it like the back of my hand, I'd say
And you're not that dumb anymore
I picked up the books you threw to the floor
Put them back on the shelf
Don't you see how much I want your help?
[Chorus: Clairo]
And I know we're not the same as we were
Used to be falling hard, but now it just hurts me so bad
And you know that I can't hold back
All of these worries that I have had 'bout you
[Bridge: Clairo & Danielle Haim]
And I know that it's time
To forget how I'm feeling, don't want to give in
But I know, know that it's right
To listen to my breathing and start believing myself
And I know that it's time
To forget how I'm feeling, don't want to give in
But I know, know that it's right
To listen to my breathing and start believing myself
Woah, myself, myself
And I know we're not the same as we were
Used to be falling hard, but now it just hurts me so bad
And you know that I can't hold back
All of these worries that I have had 'bout you
About
In “Impossible”, included as the second track on her debut album Immunity, Clairo speaks to a partner from her past, seeking closure and resisting temptations to reunite with them.
Clairo previously posted a snippet of a different rendition of the bridge, stating this is “one of [her] favorite songs on the record”, and that she’s “growing”.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
[The Wurlitzer was played by] Peter Cottontale. He’s an incredible musician from Chicago and he worked on a few songs. He’s so talented. When he did that riff, it was just so heartwarming for me. It was a moment that I wanted to put the kids talking in because I just thought it was so pure. I interviewed the children’s choir [The Adderley School Choir] after working with them – I interviewed them for an hour and asked them a bunch of questions about their lives and about how they deal with emotions. I asked them questions like, “Describe your best friend? Tell me about your favourite day? How do you react when someone is mean to you?” And they gave back these incredibly intricate answers that sounded like 20-year-olds. I was like, “You’re nine! Why do you sound like me? This is not okay.” But hearing them laugh, and hearing them talk about what lockers are like in middle school, and hearing them talk about how much they like to write, and how one of them was starting a screenplay, and how they love their parents, it was just feelings that can’t be replaced. It is the most joyful thing to witness kids talk about things that they love and to hear them laugh, and I needed to hear that on the record. There’s nothing more beautiful than a nine-year-old laughing.
– Clairo, Coup De Main Magazine
