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Pixies – The Holiday Song Lyrics 14 years ago
Definitely agree the whole thing is about incestuous fantasies, and the guild and frusteration they bring him.
Surprised I've seen a bit of confusion in the chorus...

This ain't no holiday
But it always turns out this way
Here I am, with my hand

Here he's saying,
"this is no rare/special occaision, he always resorts to this-masturbating"
and his increasing volume and stress just seem to convey the narrator's guilt, shame, and inability to control himself-and the angst it brings him-very well.

idk how people interpret my hand with getting beaten, idk what they think happens during abuse.

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Elliott Smith – All Cleaned Out Lyrics 14 years ago
Huh. I didn't take it as his mother, but a couple."Your boy" just meaning boyfriend/ significant other.
"All cleaned out" is a common expression when somebody is out of a drug, in this case alcohol, or cleaned out as in an alcoholic detoxing, which it seems like the woman is going through.
"You toss the empty beer,"-Giving it up
"But all you say is you don't want anyone around
Come not right now"-People feel like shit, are cranky, etc. when withdrawing/detoxing
"There ain't nothing to drink
You don't want to think about it"

I agree that the man definitely could be a controlling other, but also thought that his drinking might also be a source of the woman's depression, b/c of her efforts to desist.
And I think either front or foot make sense, Front as in putting up and aeiouSumtimesy explained foot.

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