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Scratching The Surface

from Wandering Ghost by Paper Citizen

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Scratching The Surface is a commentary on the new fast-paced era we live in, technology as a driving force behind all this change, and the idea that we are often passengers in our own lives. While we learn to take the driver’s seat of the big machines, these recent changes around us have also opened up new paths. In this new world, women are heard and they make their identities known and celebrated.

The song is about the ever changing world we live in—the fast pace we run with, the desolation of our cities, and the digital stations we have created to connect. No one really knows in which ways the world changes, but we’re all in it and ready for the ride. Our personal expression is more valuable than ever, and how this is only the beginning of it all—can we still cut through the static and touch one another in the same ways? How can I still reach out to understand you behind these walls we’ve created? Is it all just perception, smoke and mirrors? Will we ever get to feel each other’s presence and who we really are behind the curtain?

lyrics

S C R A T C H I N G T H E S U R F A C E

Scratching on the surface
Yeah the walls are paper thin
I can hear the party going
Do I ask if I can join in?

Things were looking up but now
You won’t look me in the eye
Face down in bright lights till sunrise

One, two seconds till i’m locked into
The station of your mind
All the time
How I wonder if i’ll ever get to
To hold your hand in mine
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la

I’m thinking of a number
That’s somewhere in between
A hundred and quarter
I caught it in a dream

You can send write a message
To anyone you please
Place an order from the Chinese
For a standing white neon tree

One, two seconds till i’m locked into
The station of your mind
All the time
How I wonder if i’ll ever get to
To hold your hand in mine
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la


(‘lude)

One, two seconds till i’m locked into
The station of your mind
All the time
How I wonder if I’ll ever get to call you mine
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la

credits

from Wandering Ghost, track released January 29, 2021
CREDITS

Written by: Claire Gohst
Produced by: Claire Gohst, Colin Fleming, Ainjel Emme
Recording Engineer: Colin Fleming
Mix Engineer: Anthony Lopez
Mastered by: Michelle Mancini

Vocals, Guitars, Moog, Omnichord, Additional Synth Programming: Claire Gohst
Additional Vocals: Ainjel Emme
Bass: Connor Frawley
Drums: Sean Cahalin
Percussion: Colin Fleming


Album Artwork : @MKSadler

Special thanks to:
Q Division Studios
Block of Joy

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Paper Citizen Los Angeles, California

once beantown now angeleno sprouted indie-rock bringing you crisp vocals, spacious guitars, organic beats and smooth keys.'

Paper Citizen is an LA-based indie rock project by songwriter and producer, Claire Gohst.

The project performs regularly as a trio in California, with Sarah Midori on Drums and Jake Furgason Cate on Bass.
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