Lyric discussion by barnesignoble 

Cover art for Stickman lyrics by Elliott Smith

The slides are his songs. "If I sped it up" = if you looked at his songwriting career as a a sequence, the film would show him trying to escape the lingering effects of child abuse at the hands of his stepfather. I don't usually interpret his songs autobiographically, but this song asks for it.

My Interpretation

@barnesignoble I agree, and I also rarely interpret songs biographically.

@barnesignoble Totally Agree... also I must say Charly Welch is a bstard and hopes he just rots in hell.