Nothing Is Impossible – English Lyrics

• By: Mariah Carey
• Album: Here For It All

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Gone for a while but I'm much better

Covering my eyes was so unpleasant

Ain't gonna lie, it wasn't very nice

Seemed like I'd never rise again

Surely I couldn’t find a friend

Haunted by desperation and long harrowing nights

But I was never all alone

The spirit lives in my soul

So I never let go

I knew deep down inside that I could fly

'Cause I dream a greater dream

I fight a greater fight

Survived a gruesome fall

Because nothing is impossible

Nothing is impossible at all

So I weather the storms that most can't handle

Surprisingly I'm alive to stand up

Miracles never cease to set me free

They chase me down but I'm still rollin'

Something in me cannot be stolen

I will not break, I won't be broken

It's deep, can't you see

That I was never all alone

The spirit lives in my soul

So I never let go

I knew deep down inside that I could fly

'Cause I dream a greater dream

I fight a greater fight

Survived a gruesome fall

Because nothing is impossible

Nothing is impossible at all

'Cause I dream a greater dream

I fight a greater fight

I overcome it all

Because nothing is impossible

Nothing is impossible at all

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person you like and trust
fly /flaɪ/ A1	verb - to move through the air using wings or an engine
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces, often violently verb - to interrupt or pause something
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2	adjective - damaged and no longer whole
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to imagine or hope for something
fight /faɪt/ B1	noun - a violent struggle or conflict verb - to engage in a struggle
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B2	verb - to continue to live or exist, especially in difficult conditions
impossible /ɪmˈpɑːsɪbəl/ B2	adjective - not able to be done or achieved
storm /stɔrmz/ B1	noun - a violent weather condition with strong wind and rain verb - to experience a violent disturbance or difficulty
miracle /ˈmɪrəkəlz/ C1	noun - an extraordinary event that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws
desperation /ˌdɛspəˈreɪʃən/ C1	noun - a feeling of hopelessness and great need
harrowing /ˈhær.oʊ.ɪŋ/ C1	adjective - extremely distressing or painful
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B2	noun - the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
greater /ˈɡreɪtər/ B1	adjective - larger in amount, degree, or importance
weather /ˈwɛðər/ B2	verb - to endure or survive difficult conditions
handle /ˈhændəl/ B1	verb - to manage or deal with a situation
free /friː/ B1	adjective - not restrained or bound; able to act or move verb - to release from confinement or restriction
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	verb - to pursue in order to catch or overtake

Key Grammar Structures

• Gone for a while but I'm much better

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective; Comparative Adjective (much + better)

  ➔ "Gone" is a past participle acting as an adjective, describing the state of being away. "Much better" is a comparative form emphasizing a significant improvement.

• Seemed like I'd never rise again

  ➔ Conditional 'would' in past narrative (I'd = I would)

  ➔ "I'd never rise again" uses 'would' (contracted to 'd) to express a past perspective on a potential future action that seemed unlikely. It’s not a true conditional but conveys a sense of unlikelihood in the past.

• Haunted by desperation and long harrowing nights

  ➔ Past Participle used as Adjective (Haunted)

  ➔ "Haunted" is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the subject's state or feeling.

• The spirit lives in my soul

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (General Truth)

  ➔ Uses the simple present tense to express a general truth or a permanent state.

• So I never let go

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (Negative Form)

  ➔ "never let go" in the simple past negative form describes a past action that didn't happen.

• I knew deep down inside that I could fly

  ➔ Past Tense + Modal Verb 'could' (Past Ability/Possibility)

  ➔ 'Could fly' expresses the speaker's past belief in their ability to fly.

• So I weather the storms that most can't handle

  ➔ Relative Clause ('that most can't handle'); Modal Verb 'can't' (inability)

  ➔ "that most can't handle" is a relative clause providing more information about the "storms". "can't handle" expresses the inability of most people to deal with those storms.

• Miracles never cease to set me free

  ➔ Present Simple (General Truth); "cease to" + Infinitive

  ➔ Present simple represents general truth. "cease to set" means never stop setting. This sentence emphasize the continuous miracles that set her free.