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“Paperbag Writer” is a song found on Radiohead’s EP Com Lag and the single “There, There”. The lyrics give the notion that a person is having a panic attack of some sort, having to resort to breathing into a paperbag. The music gives a melancholy type of vibe to match with the imagery. Thom Yorke’s...
[Chorus]
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
[Verse 1]
It was nice when it lasted, but now it’s gone
It was nice when it lasted, but now it’s gone
[Refrain]
Blow into this paper bag
[Verse 2]
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
Come on, come on
[Chorus]
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
[Verse 3]
Like they were honeybees or a plague of rats
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
[Refrain]
Blow into this paper bag
Blow into this paper bag
Paperbag Writer was written by Philip Selway & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke.
Paperbag Writer was produced by Radiohead & Nigel Godrich.
Radiohead released Paperbag Writer on Wed Mar 24 2004.
Not much really. Hard to find any statements by the band on this one, aside from this laconic comment by Colin on XFM, May 28th, 2003:
Thom did it in L.A., I think, and we did some drums on it in London. And yeah, it’s kind of… it’s just a bit of fun, really. I suppose."