The Sofa is the closing song on The Clearing and is about dreaming of an escape to California, but also being glad of the reality of being “stuck in Seven Sisters" in London.
[Verse 1]
Hope I can accept the wild thing (Wild thing) in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
Sick of second-guessing my behavior
And what I want to be
Just let me lie here on the sofa
And put the reruns on TV
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll be fine, I'll be okay
I feel kind of lucky right now and I'm not ashamed to say
I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be a bitch when I am mad
I want to settle down, oh, to fall in love
But, sometimes, I just want to fuck
I love my life, I love my life
But, sometimes, I just want to—
[Chorus]
Let me lie here on
(I could lie here all day long)
Let me lie here on the sofa
The sofa, the sofa, on the sofa
Sometimes, I just want to—
[Bridge]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah) Be no one thing
(Ah-ah, ah-ah) The intellectual beauty queen
[Verse 2]
Didn't make it out to California
Where I thought I might clean the slate
Feels a little like I'm stuck in Seven Sisters
North London, oh, England
And maybe that's okay
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe that's fine, I'll be okay
I feel kind of lucky right now and I'm not ashamed to say
I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be a bitch when I am mad
I wanna settle down, oh, to fall in love
But, sometimes, I just want to fuck
I love my life, I love my life
But, sometimes, I just want to—
[Chorus]
Let me lie here on
(I could lie here all day long)
Let me lie here on the sofa
The sofa, the sofa, on the sofa
Sometimes, I just want to—
[Bridge]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah) Be no one thing
(Ah-ah, ah-ah) The intellectual beauty queen
And the wild thing
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Let me lie here on
(I could lie here all day long)
Let me lie here on the sofa
The sofa, the sofa, on the sofa
[Outro]
Hope I can accept the wild thing in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
The Sofa was written by Ellie Rowsell & Theo Ellis & Joel Amey & Joff Oddie & Greg Kurstin.
The Sofa was produced by Greg Kurstin.
Wolf-alice released The Sofa on Fri Jul 11 2025.
Ellie Rowsell:
[It was about] not trying so hard to figure everything out, and [reflecting on ageing and attempting to get to grips with] things that have or haven’t happened in your life.
It’s also about trying to get to grips with the polarising aspects of one’s life when you’re in a band.
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