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Cold War Kids – We Used to Vacation Lyrics 13 years ago
Definitely think it's about a dad/husband struggling with a serious drinking problem. As for the lyrics mentioning the "Nichol's boy"

"...missed my son's graduation
punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat
he gets all that anger from me..."

As far as him missing his son's graduation, I think he was there but his was plastered and mentally missed it.

I think this is another example of how his drinking problem has effed up a family event. When he went to his son's graduation, this Nichol's kid either took his son's literal seat (a chair) or took his son's rank in school and he punched him b/c of it. As for the next line, his son has pretty much "inhereted" his father's short temper as well.

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