Noose Dressed Like a Necklace Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rocksolidgurl 

Cover art for Noose Dressed Like a Necklace lyrics by Kevin Devine

The imagery of the title line, "Noose dressed like a necklace," astounds me continually. Who thinks of that? It's amazing.

"And I know it seems dramatic, but I treat it like a crisis..." who doesn't feel that way at some point in their life?