Sophie
Bear's Den Lyrics


You were kind and welcoming
I'm on the slopes of La Bartolina
You can take all of your love out on me
Sophie

You always loved Charlie best
You never knew how each night I wept
But I'll feast upon the crumbs he's left
Sophie
And I can't forgive myself
Oh, I can't forgive myself

You would hide yourself in a shrug
As your hair starting falling out
When you took off your dressing gown
Sophie

Your mother was dressed in black
With a lock of your hair in her hands
And I knew there was no turning back
Sophie

And I can't forgive myself
No, I can't forgive myself
I can't forgive myself
No, I can't forgive myself
Sophie, Sophie

Didn't know when I started running
I was running for my life
Didn't know when I started running
I'd be running my whole life
Didn't know when I started running
I was running for my life
Didn't know when I started running
I'd be running my whole life
I didn't know when I started running
I was running for my life
I didn't know when I started running
I'd be running my whole life

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Written by: Andrew Donald John Davie, Johannes Refsdal, Kevin Jones

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Sophie
Bear's Den are a British folk rock band from London, formed in 2012. The band consists of Andrew Davie (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar) and Kevin Jones (vocals, drums, bass, guitar). Joey Haynes (vocals, banjo, guitar) left the band in early 2016. Joey has been replaced by Dutch artist Christof van der Ven in the studio and on tours since 2016 but not as an official member.

Bear's Den have released four studio albums: Islands (2014) Read Full BioBear's Den are a British folk rock band from London, formed in 2012. The band consists of Andrew Davie (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar) and Kevin Jones (vocals, drums, bass, guitar). Joey Haynes (vocals, banjo, guitar) left the band in early 2016. Joey has been replaced by Dutch artist Christof van der Ven in the studio and on tours since 2016 but not as an official member.

Bear's Den have released four studio albums: Islands (2014), Red Earth & Pouring Rain (22 July 2016), So that you might hear me (26 April 2019), and Blue Hours (13 May 2022). Islands peaked at number forty-nine on the UK Albums Chart. The band has also issued three EPs: Agape (2013), Without/Within (2013) and Only Son of the Falling Snow (2019).

The band has been nominated for several music awards throughout their career, with "Above the Clouds of Pompeii" earning the band a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2015. The band received two nominations at the UK Americana Awards in 2016, Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Agape".
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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Jeff White

+Matt Crissall To me, this song is about substance abuse and self loathing. The first verse serves to frame the romantic relationship of the narrator and Sophie. As pointed out earlier, Charlie is slang for cocaine, so when it says Sophie "loved Charlie best," it means she is loves cocaine above all else and is an addict. This makes the singer depressed; he then also indulges in the drug ("I'll feast on the crumbs he (Charlie) left"). This wracks him with guilt ("I can't forgive myself").

Verse three shows how the drug has affected Sophie, and hints that she is ill. The illness is unclear. Cocaine can cause hair loss, so it could just be a symptom of her deepening addiction, or it might be something unrelated like cancer, which would cause hair loss from the chemo. Either way, she is ill.

Verse four indicates that Sophie is dead. Her mother is dressed in black, indicating a funeral/wake, and has a lock of Sophie's hair, possibly as something to remember her by. The song then goes back to the chorus, which is the singer being wracked with guilt and self loathing, obviously from his inability to save Sophie or help her and at his own weakness for indulging in the drug.

The outro is a little more vague, but the core feeling is generally understandable. The singer is running, but not in a literal sense ("I'd be running my whole life" clearly marks the running as a metaphor). What is he running from? His guilt, maybe. Responsibility for Sophie's fate. His own weakness. Any of these could be true.

So I conclude the song is about drug abuse, a mutually damaging relationship, tragic loss, and shame.



All comments from YouTube:

Josh Smith

saw these guys in London a while back, they played this song through one microphone and no other amps (the guitars weren't hooked up to amps) so amazing, such a great experience!

wavemode

"as your hair started falling out" and "dressing gown" are the giveaways. this song is about unrequited love for a girl who died of cancer

Georgie im so done with life

Thata what i thought too! Then I realized the name 'Charlie' is a slang term for heroin. She was addicted, I think, and died

Heros Soares

uau, fiquei arrepiado.

ThatF*ckingPanda

My thoughts too. "Lock of your hair in her hand" also gives it away

oopsydaisy

this song makes me feel things that i didn’t know were possible to feel but i can’t really explain what it makes me feel. if that makes any sense.

Eden B

Love this song! It's really one of my faves, I can't stop listening :D

Charles Botelho

Amo essa música ❤️

Jonah Horsman

This song is too beautiful.

Carolien Geritz

This song is just so perfect ^.^

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