Broken Face

insest, the game the whole family can play

its about incest and the deformities it produces. nimrods son is also about incest

i dont think charles was 'into' incest more than he just had an honest and somewhat bizarre fascination with it and other darker themes found in the bible. i mean for real, there are so many pixies songs with biblical references, the most obvious being "dead". if you get a chance to watch the new dvd that came out, he talks about his childhood fascinations about the bible and 'sin' in the documentary section. anyways, great song from an amazing album

Incest is the best; so put your cousin to the test!

Do you think Frank Black had a fascination with incest....anybody?

i think its about people and not bieng able to see whats inside of them. frank black starts at an extreme, incest. you look at the family and you dont see who they are and what theyre doing when people arent around. they look normal, but theyre broken and damaged. then, on a less extreme, you have a man " there was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces." who has mental issues, depression, insanity, something. and though you can try to "put em back in there" and fix it, you cant. kind of like the old rhyme about humptey dumptey who couldnt go back together again. but you cant see any of this. then an even less extreme, the girl. by just looking at her you'd say "isnt she lovely". but when you get to know her you find out that she doesnt speak english and is stuck doing laundry for pay.

"They were his daughters, they were his favourite lovers" The incest is obvious, but here it sounds like "this boy" is sexually abusing his children.

"There was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces And then he drove holes, and then he put 'em back in there" ..."Drove holes" is just an interesting way of saying it. "Put 'em back in there", referring to the place he keeps his abused children.

"The little thing who does my laundry, speaks no English" Sounds like someone who was enslaved from birth.

"But if you saw her, you'd say 'Hey isn't she lovely?'" IF you saw her.

This is a scary interpretation but it makes sense to me.

Okay, most Pixies songs don't make any sense, but this one is plum loco, though I still adore it.

this is a great song that has a lot of memories

Haha...how do you correct the lyrics on here??

It's "The little thing who does my laundry, speaks no english "

and

"There was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces And then he drove holes, and then he put 'em back in there"

Oh my golly