"Tied myself too tight" seems to me to be metaphorical, like restricting your own options, and like someone else said, backing yourself into a corner. But there's a reason he uses the noose as an image, I think. This song (painfully) reminds me of a dear friend that my husband and I lost recently to suicide. He didn't realize how amazing he was (like the pretty sunset). He was always a bit of a mystery to us, and I think even to himself ("and I'm trying to understand myself and pinpoint who I am"). We learned that he had been contemplating ending his life for a long time but something in life helped him through, made him change his mind for the time being ("changed my mind so much I can't even trust it"). But once he decided finally that suicide was the solution, he tied himself too tight and couldn't get out of that decision.
I know this can be interpreted in many other ways; this is how it fits into my life. I apply it to my cousin-in-law and friend, Adam, and it helps me just a little.
"Tied myself too tight" seems to me to be metaphorical, like restricting your own options, and like someone else said, backing yourself into a corner. But there's a reason he uses the noose as an image, I think. This song (painfully) reminds me of a dear friend that my husband and I lost recently to suicide. He didn't realize how amazing he was (like the pretty sunset). He was always a bit of a mystery to us, and I think even to himself ("and I'm trying to understand myself and pinpoint who I am"). We learned that he had been contemplating ending his life for a long time but something in life helped him through, made him change his mind for the time being ("changed my mind so much I can't even trust it"). But once he decided finally that suicide was the solution, he tied himself too tight and couldn't get out of that decision.
I know this can be interpreted in many other ways; this is how it fits into my life. I apply it to my cousin-in-law and friend, Adam, and it helps me just a little.