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"Paperface" was first recorded by Rivers Cuomo as a solo demo in May of 1992.  Later that year, Weezer recorded the song for their ''[[The Kitchen Tape|Kitchen Tape]]'' demo.  The ''Kitchen Tape'' version was later included on the deluxe edition of ''[[The Blue Album]]''.  The original solo demo of the song was eventually released on ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''.

The lyrics to "Paperface" tell the true story (inasmuch as it was related to Cuomo) of an ex-classmate of Cuomo's personal problems. The song is very characteristic of Cuomo's [[Avant Garde|earlier]] [[Fury|music styles]], as it is basically a heavy metal rock song. Cuomo screams several times on both released versions of this song. However, the breakdown of the song is very indicative of Cuomo's future song writing styles, as seen in songs like [[Holiday]] and [[Lullaby for Wayne]]. A notable whisper of "scratch check, momma, scratch check momma" begins the ''Alone II'' version.