Impossible
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The song describes the end of a relationship after trust has been broken. The speaker remembers being warned to be careful with love and believes they followed that advice, yet still feels hurt and exposed. The mood moves from regret and disbelief toward a forceful wish to make the loss known to everyone.
โShout it from the rooftopsโ and โwrite it on the skylineโ are vivid ways of saying the speaker wants the news to be public and impossible to ignore. โMy scars are openโ suggests that past or present emotional wounds are visible and still painful. The repeated word โimpossibleโ points to a hope that the relationship would last, or perhaps that betrayal could somehow be overcome, which now seems out of reach.
The speaker says both that they were happy and that their heart is broken, holding on to the good parts while admitting how badly things ended. The line about the other person having โwonโ may express anger or humiliation, rather than a literal victory. It is not fully clear whether the speaker wants to shame the former partner, simply tell their side, or release pent-up pain. The song leaves room for all three readings.