Well, Anders himself never wanted to explain this song and I think he was right. Song is meant to be understood by each individual differently.
My view on this song is that he is talking about his own mind.
Since word attic is used, we can take that as comparation with mind (structure of house=structure of person --> attic under roof, mind under top of head)
It means he is lost in his own mind. Constantly thinking about something, yet he doesn't understand it. Due to confusing world outside he prefers to stay alone with his mind. He sees his outer image of himself, but he doesn't even recognize it. As a solution he sees closing himself from other people.
Despite that rope is a symbol for suicide, he doesn't use it as such, but he use it as a metaphore. He wants to build some kind of mind trap to protect him from the sorroundings which he finds distant and strange.
Well, Anders himself never wanted to explain this song and I think he was right. Song is meant to be understood by each individual differently.
My view on this song is that he is talking about his own mind. Since word attic is used, we can take that as comparation with mind (structure of house=structure of person --> attic under roof, mind under top of head)
It means he is lost in his own mind. Constantly thinking about something, yet he doesn't understand it. Due to confusing world outside he prefers to stay alone with his mind. He sees his outer image of himself, but he doesn't even recognize it. As a solution he sees closing himself from other people.
Despite that rope is a symbol for suicide, he doesn't use it as such, but he use it as a metaphore. He wants to build some kind of mind trap to protect him from the sorroundings which he finds distant and strange.