Impossible Dreams
From DFTBA
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"Impossible Dreams" is the eighth track on the debut album Parrot Stories by Alex Day.
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Notes
This song was written in early July 2009, while Alex was staying in Seattle. On a walk home from a coffee shop, Alex said he was listening to the song "Circle" by Slipknot, and the rhythm of that song inspired what would become "Impossible Dreams'" strumming pattern.
Allegedly, the subject of the song is Alex's ex-girlfriend Kristina Horner - Kristina is credited as being one of "the girls who inspired these songs" in the CD booklet for Parrot Stories.
Lyrics
This land's so alien to me
But I just felt comfortable here
And now I don't know the way home
I don't know where I'm trying to go
The streets here have numbers
The buildings in blocks
But none of the street signs are pointing to you
I've seen a whole different world
The sky's getting darker, the air's getting cooler
And I just can't win anymore
So forgive me, my darling
We all have impossible dreams
I tried so many new things
Smashes don't matter against memories
Seems that I made the wrong choice
I'd say sorry but I have no voice
To tell you that decisions are hard
And my world is so small
Nothing matters unless you're satisfied
Who else can I share my chai with
Now the sky's getting darker, the air getting cooler
And I just can't win anymore
So forgive me, my darling
We all have impossible dreams
I don't know much of my life
But I know I want people to know
Maybe I might sing along
As if this was only a song
But now the sky's getting darker, the air getting cooler
And I just can't win anymore
So forgive me, my darling
Chords
Verse: C, Am, Em, G
Chorus: F, E, C, Am, Dm, G
Appears On
- (2009) Parrot Stories
