I think we could do it if we tried
If only to say you're mine
Sofia, know that you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime
I think we could do it if we tried
If only to say you're mine
Sofia, know that you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime
[Verse 1]
You know I'll do anything you ask me to
But, oh my God, I think I'm in love with you
Standing here alone now
Think that we can drive around
I just wanna say
How I love you with your hair down
Baby, you don't gotta fight
I'll be here 'til the end of time
Wishing that you were mine
Pull you in, it's alright
[Chorus]
I think we could do it if we tried
If only to say you're mine
Sofia, know that you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime
Honey, I don't want it to fade
There's things that I know could get in the way
I don't want to say goodbye
And I think that we could do it if we tried
[Chorus]
I think we could do it if we tried
If only to say you're mine
Sofia, know that you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime
[Outro]
I think we could do it if we tried
(I think we could, I think we could do it
We could, we could, do it)
I think we could do it if we tried
(Sofia, know that you, you, you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime)
I think we could do it if we tried
(Sofia, know that you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime)
I think we could do it if we tried
(Sofia, know that you, you, you and I
Shouldn't feel like a crime)
I think we could do it if we tried
About
“Sofia” is third single from Clairo’s debut album, Immunity. “Sofia” is about Clairo’s first crushes on women such as director Sofia Coppola or actress Sofia Vergara. In this song she talks about a period of time where she was discovering her sexuality. Clairo describes “Sofia” as an “empowering” track in an interview with Coup de Main, stating:
It was important to me that “Sofia” was celebratory because it should be celebrated. At the end of the day it’s something that I’m really proud of and I’m really happy that I can look at the world that way – that I can find beauty in women.
Q&A
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Yes, “Sofia” was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on June 28, 2023.
Clairo explained the meaning of the song on Twitter:
I think it was super important that ‘Sofia’ was empowering because a common theme on this record was to take personal experiences that may or may not have a negative connotation and find the silver lining and find ways to uplift the listener. When talking about serious things like sexuality, or insecurities, or mental health, it’s important that you have a light at the end of the song/tunnel. It’s really important because there are so many sad songs that have no hope in sight and I just wanted to give the world songs that went there emotionally but came back more glass-half-full than empty. You can’t listen to this album and not understand that there’s an end to all things bad. Life is a constant up and down of happy and sad moments, and the peaks and valleys can happen in songs as well. Especially being a song about my sexuality, it was important to me that ‘Sofia’ was celebratory because it should be celebrated. At the end of the day it’s something that I’m really proud of and I’m really happy that I can look at the world that way – that I can find beauty in women, that I can express that, that I’m able to express that, that I’m privileged enough to talk about it in an interview. It’s important that I recognise how lucky I am to be able to be so open about something like that. I’m not the first person that should have a platform when it comes to talking about sexuality, but I’m here to recognise all of the people that go through really terrible things every day just to be able to express that about themselves way more than I do.
– Clairo, Coup De Main Magazine
I kind of wanted to make the lyrics a little corny, “I’ll never leave you to the end of time”, “I’ll love you forever”. Everyone’s done that. To me it’s like I’ve never done that and this is a corny song about a woman, I want to be corny.
– Clairo, Beats 1
The track debuted & peaked at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart during the ending week of October 24th, making it her second charting entry.
In the United Kingdom the track peaked at #75 on the ending week of November 5th and has since charted for four weeks.
- 1.Alewife
- 2.Impossible
- 4.North
- 5.Bags
- 6.Softly
- 7.Sofia
- 8.White Flag
- 10.Sinking