Amanda Palmer - Point Of It All [OFFICIAL VIDEO] video free download


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Amanda Palmer's video for 'Point Of It All' off the album Who Killed Amanda Palmer - available now on Roadrunner Records. Download now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/whokilled

LYRICS

Oh, what a noble, distinguished collection

Of fine little friends you have made

Hitting the tables without you again

No, well wait, no, we promise, well wait

Well, June makes these excellent sewing machines

Out of common industrial waste

She spends a few days at a time on the couch

But shes safe, she wears shades, she wears shades

Oh, but no one can stare at the wall

As good as you, my baby doll

And youre aces for coming along

Youre almost human after all

And youre learning that just cause they call

Themselves friends doesnt mean theyll call

They made the comment in jest

But youve got the needle

I guess thats the point of it all

Maybe a week in the tropics would help

To remind you how nice life can be

We propped you right up in a chair on a deck

With a beautiful view of the sea

But a couple weeks later we came back

And you and the chair were nowhere to be seen

You had magically moved to the closet

Eyes fixed to the place where the dryer had been

Oh, but no one can stare at the wall

As good as you, my baby doll

And youre aces for coming along

Youre almost human after all

Why on earth would I keep you propped up in here

When you so love the fall?

The patterns laid out on the bed

With dozens of colors of thread

But youve got the needle

I guess thats the point in the end

But its better to waste your day

Watching the scenery change at a comatose rate

Than to put yourself in it and turn into one of those

Cigarette ads that you hate

But while you were sleeping some men came around

Said they had some dimensions to take

Im not sure what they were talking about

But they sure made a mess of your face

But still, no one can stare at the wall

As good as you, my baby doll

And youre aces for playing along

Youre almost human, even now

And just cause they call themselves experts

It doesnt mean sweet fuck all

Theyve got the permanent press

Homes with a stable address

And theyve got excitement and life by the fistful

But youve got the needle, I guess thats the point of it all

Comments

9 years ago

hepa00lepa

gg been listening to this song for 6 years now. M9.

9 years ago

Virginia Ruth

The more I listen to this the more I think it could be her singing to herself.

10 years ago

Virginia Ruth

I'm sure people hear different things in this.But I hear a story about a person who was never treated as fully human that people talk about like they aren't there... that feels trapped and can't fit into people's boxes and be people's narrowly defined "successful."

10 years ago

Chris Vaughn

Everybody is entitled to their own interpretations. That is one of Amanda's greatest attributes in her lyrics. The same words appeal to everyone in individual ways from unique perspectives.This song speaks to me from the point of view of somebody who bears the weight of the burden of wanting to help somebody who has been deeply hurt by something in life that has robbed both of them of the happiness they each deserve.The needle represents the scorn, anger, and betrayal that builds a wall preventing the subject from accepting help and moving on.The frustration of seeing somebody stuck, scared to take any step towards finding happiness, and endlessly pushing away a valuable resource that could make all the difference.

10 years ago

AnkouStorme

I wonder if that last hit was worth it.....I miss you. 

10 years ago

Mr Eclectician

#songwriting

10 years ago

Mr Eclectician

I just get more and more impressed, involved, depressed, with every listen of every lyric of every song. Thanks for the music, the pain and the beauty of it all.

10 years ago

Brooke Benzing

she is one of my favorite wine drinking partners lol..

10 years ago

Ulri

I never found this to be about drugs but about depression. All the talk about needles is just that, real actual needles. It's a metaphor for how professionals and friends and everyone can give you help (i.e. threads and patterns) but you have the needle, you are the one who has to do the getting better bit, no one can sow your life back together if you don't do it yourself.

10 years ago

Mackenzie Ferry

This is a REAL piece of work!

10 years ago

Catherine Prickett

Yesterday night this came on while I was petting Mau, and observing how she was just lying there staring blankly, barely responding to her name anymore, and I started to bawl. I'm pretty sure the song is really about drug addiction, but bits of it seemed tragically apropos. Sometime in the wee hours of the morning she came and lay on my pillow like she used to do, but when I woke up she had left. Just a few hours ago we took her in to the vet, and she got her final needle. Goodbye, Mau-Mau. You were a sweet-tempered kitty, and everyone who met you loved you immediately.

10 years ago

avalonspawn

Some people are confused by the line "she wear's shades, she wear's shades, she wear's shades." How I interpreted that was the common sewing references, and the mention of shades of thread, as if she was sewing multiple layers of clothing as a way to build a metaphorical wall/mask/etc around her. Which would still work with the drug usage, since the needle was responsible for helping to build this wall that shuts other's out.

10 years ago

April Baker

it's about drugs .. the men making a "mess of your face" drugs dealers, in a "comatose state" ... i'm sure you could hear however you want but im pretty sure it's about loving someone whose an addict

10 years ago

ushiuni82

Heroine abuse,depression,Internal loneliness,Isolation,Suicide That is what this song means to me.Its one of the worst feelings, trying to help a loved one but not being able to get them to stop there self destructive pattern, its heart breaking watching them slowly kill themselves from the inside.

11 years ago

Shae Bendell

I personally think it's about have a depressed person in your life...I know it's the obvious meaning, but it just speaks to me that way. My mother is severely depressed and has attempted to take her life several times and this song just describes life so well at times. The part about going to the tropics when everything's going well but there's still the lingering fear of the person suddenly spiraling down into the black hole of depression. There's always the fear, love, distrust, and pity that is expressed so well in this song.

11 years ago

mortic0n

Yep. I do. :/

11 years ago

Najara Beoulve

I think we all know someone like the one depicted in this song.

11 years ago

xoAutumnAngel

Amanda tweeted the other day that this is about 'an ex of hers who died'.. so there's SOME clarity!

11 years ago

Sweet Jawbreaker

Yeah!, I love that movie. The video is a lot like May, even when she put the needle on her chest.

11 years ago

Gilliebeany

I don't think this is about a former relationship at all? Seems directed at a woman. A lot of her songs seem to be actual songs, thoughts and feelings, not just rehashing relationships, which is so refreshing! Regardless, they're all so real, she is herself and an artist in every song!

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