Lirik dan Chord Lagu Impossible Soul - Sufjan Stevens

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Sufjan Stevens merupakan penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat yang membawakan lagu berjudul “Impossible Soul”.

Lagu tersebut diproduseri sendiri olehnya dan dirilis pada tahun 2010 melalui label Asthmatic Kitty Records.

“Impossible Soul” dimuat sebagai trek terakhir dalam album studio keenam Stevens yang bertajuk The Age of Adz.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Get Real Get Right - Sufjan Stevens

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Impossible Soul” dari Sufjan Stevens.

[Part I]

[INTRO]
D - D/C# - D/G - D/C# D/C#

D                              D/B
Oh, woman, tell me what you want
        D/A        D/G
And I'll calm down without bleeding out
            D                                  D/A
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
D                                  D/B                 D/A             D/G
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
D                                     D/A
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul

D                                               D/B                     D/A      D/G
Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
           D
I was wigging out, too much worry
                   D/A
I could not get you at all
        D                            D/B
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
                  D/A           D/G
But I know you won't go, not for it at last
                D                            D/A
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
        D                                            D/B                             D/A       D/G
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
           D                                                   D/A
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul

        Em                D                           Bm        C
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G              A
If I could get you at all
G                                              Bm                       A
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all

(verse vamp solo x2)
D                                                      D/B                     D/A        D/G
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
            D                                                               D/A
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
        D                                                              D/B
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
              D/A             D/G
But all I want is the perfect love
                D                                  D/A
Though I know it's small, I want love for us all

        Em                D                            Bm       C
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G              A                     G
If I could get you at all
                      Bm                        A
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all

[Part II]
G                       Bm
Do you want to be afraid?
A                       C#m
Do you want to be afraid?
       G#m                            Em                            Bm
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
             A                                   E
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved

C                              F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G                       Bm
Do you want to be alone?
F#m                   C#m
Do you want to be alone?
       G#m                        Em
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
       Bm                               A                                    E
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light

C                               F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G                        Bm
Do you want to love me more?
F#m                   Bm
Do you want to love me more?
       G#m
For love is the breath
    Em
If water and wave
     Bm                                             A
Is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
        E
Is it worth all the work?

C                               F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E                            G
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Bbm                       A
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
     C                                C#m                              Em
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
                F#m                                        C#m
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts

A                               F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E                        G
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Bbm                   A
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
       C
For life in the cage (for life in the cage)
             C#m
Where courage's mate (where courage's mate)
          Em
Runs deep in the wake (runs deep in the wake)
              F#m
For the scariest things (for the scariest things)
              C#m
Are not half as enslaved (are not half as enslaved)
Am                            F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Now

[Instrumental break]
E Bm F#m A#m A
G#m D C C#m Em A# F G#

G#                             C#
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G
Now

Em7 (ad lib)
(No, don't be distracted) (x13)

Fade to Bm-Em vamp

[Part III]
            Em                             DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
            Em                                      DMaj7
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
                    Em                                           DMaj7
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
            Em                              DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest

Em - DMaj7 (x2)

         Em
And don't be shy in the window
           DMaj7
Come down and give your best
       Em                                 DMaj7
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
            Em                              DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
                    Em                                           DMaj7
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best

DMaj7 - A Em - DMaj7 - DMaj7

Em                 D                 Bm                      A 
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all  x3
Em                 D                 Bm                      A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all

G-DMaj7 (ad lib)

D - Em - G - A

D
Hold on, Suf 
Hold on, Suf 
Em                   G - A 
Hold on, Sufjan x3

N.C.
1, 2, 3, 4!

[Part IV]
D                                G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em                                 A
Put your face together, better get it right
D                                G
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Em                                 A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D                      G
It's a long life, only one last chance
Em                                     A
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D                      G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em                                 A
Get your face together, better stand up straight

D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
D/F#            Em                      G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F#            Em                      G           A
Boy, we can do much more together; It's not so impossible
D Em Bm A
                 It's not so impossible
D Em Bm A (muted)
                 It's not so impossible

D                      Em
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm                                  A
Get your face together, better roll along
D                      Em
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm                                  A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D                     Em
It's a long life only one last chance
Bm                                     A
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D                       Em
It's a good life, better pinch yourself
D                        Em
Is it impossible? Is it impossible?

D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F#            Em                       G
Boy, we can do much more together;
A
It's not so impossible

G                       A
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm                                 A/C#
Put your face together, better get it right
D                      Em
It's a long life, better hit yourself
G                                    A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
G                           A
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Bm                       A/C#
Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
D                        Em
In the right life, it's a miracle
G                 A
Possibility, do you wanna dance?

Em Bm F#m A
                     It's not so impossible [x2]
Em Bm F#m A(muted)
                     It's not so impossible

[BASS NOTES: D G Bm A x2]

(spoken) Do you wanna dance?

[to fingerpick]
G                 D/F#                   A                  G 
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)]
D/F#            F#m                    A                  G 
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)] x4

G                 D/F#                   A                   G
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)
D/F#            Bm                      F#m              G
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)

[return to chords]
Em               G                        F#m
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)
G                 Em                      DMaj7
Boy, we can do much more together

[Instrumental]
F#m Am C#m A#m
Gm Em Ebm D

F#m              Am                    C#m             A#m 
Boy, we can do much more together (it's not so impossible) ]
Gm               Em                     Ebm              D 
Boy, we can do much more together (it's not so impossible) ] x3

F#
Boy

[PART V]
G Em - Bm - Bm x4

G           Em                           Bm
I never meant to cause you pain
G                          Em               Bm
My burden is the weight of a feather
G          Em                         Bm
I never meant to lead you on
G                        Em               Bm
I only meant to please me, however

                                   Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G                 Em                     Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
G                 Em                     Bm
Boy, we can do much more together

G                          Em              Bm
I'm nothing but a selfish man
G                          Em             Bm
I'm nothing but a privileged brother
G                  Em                        Bm
And did you think I'd stay the night?
G                                Em           Bm
And did you think I'd love you forever?

                                   Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G                  Em                     Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
G                  Em                     Bm
Boy, we can do much more together

                         C                 Bm7
I gotta tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Am7             D
Girl, I want nothing less
C                 Bm7                       Bm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
C                 Bm7                       Bm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure

                                   Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G                     Em                  Bm
Boy, we made such a mess together