Lyric discussion by MorganULookLikeHell 

Cover art for The Point of  It All lyrics by Amanda Palmer

I agree with me&theminibar. It really sounds like she knew someone who was a herioin or morphine addict and they tryed to help that person and they just went back to his/her old ways. And maybe in the last part where it says "But while you were sleeping some men came around Said they had some dimensions to take I'm not sure what they were talking about But they sure made a mess of your face" maybe he didnt pay his dealer and they came in and beat the living shit out of him/her while they were sleeping.

@MorganULookLikeHell I think she's alluding to the fact that the person died. Not sure if you've heard the old expression "getting fitted for a pine box." The men who had some dimensions to take were measuring the addicts' dimensions, and then Amanda says "they sure made a mess of your face." I'm sure you've been to funerals with an open casket and the person lying there looks totally different from how they did in life, pretty much a mess. That's what I believe she's talking about here: the sad, empty life of a heroin addict who couldn't, and...