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.
@erinnalexis I'm late to the party here, but thought it would be good to clear this up: the narrator/father physically missed the graduation.
@erinnalexis I'm late to the party here, but thought it would be good to clear this up: the narrator/father physically missed the graduation.
The son actually punched the Nichols boy. He was angry, likely because his father missed his graduation. The son is angry at his father for being absent and alcoholic and "he gets all that anger from me," meaning the narrator had the same problems with his father.
The son actually punched the Nichols boy. He was angry, likely because his father missed his graduation. The son is angry at his father for being absent and alcoholic and "he gets all that anger from me," meaning the narrator had the same problems with his father.
It's a very moving short story that illustrates the repetitive cycle that addiction can cause in families, especially when it's clouded with this much denial.
It's a very moving short story that illustrates the repetitive cycle that addiction can cause in families, especially when it's clouded with this much denial.
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.
@erinnalexis I'm late to the party here, but thought it would be good to clear this up: the narrator/father physically missed the graduation.
@erinnalexis I'm late to the party here, but thought it would be good to clear this up: the narrator/father physically missed the graduation.
The son actually punched the Nichols boy. He was angry, likely because his father missed his graduation. The son is angry at his father for being absent and alcoholic and "he gets all that anger from me," meaning the narrator had the same problems with his father.
The son actually punched the Nichols boy. He was angry, likely because his father missed his graduation. The son is angry at his father for being absent and alcoholic and "he gets all that anger from me," meaning the narrator had the same problems with his father.
It's a very moving short story that illustrates the repetitive cycle that addiction can cause in families, especially when it's clouded with this much denial.
It's a very moving short story that illustrates the repetitive cycle that addiction can cause in families, especially when it's clouded with this much denial.