The song is about using meditation to overcome the stress of daily life.

More specifically this song is about doing things that allow you to lose your sense of self whether it is done by meditation or by performing music or painting or reading. Understanding that the "self" is an illusion and that goal of meditation is the loss of "self" is a crucial principal of Taoism.

Ties That Bind

It seems the ropes of my daily existence
Are what's holding me down
And I'm losing the fires of my resistance
The more I'm tied to this ground

And it's only these ties that bind me
And it's always the same
Got to break from these ties that bind me
And lose myself again

And there are times when I see colors so clearly
As I'm running through my day
But they leave me just as fast as they came near me
And the world does back to grey

And it's only these ties that bind me
And it's always the same
Got to break from these ties that bind me
And lose myself again

And when I've reached my speed
I see time go flying by me
And though I think I've all I need
I can't feel
My heart beat
I can't feel my heart beat

And it's only these ties that bind me
And it's always the same
Got to break from these ties that bind me
And lose myself again

It seems the ropes of my daily existence
Are what's holding me down
And I'm losing the fires of my resistance
The more I'm tied to this ground

And it's only these ties that bind me
And it's always the same
Got to break from these ties that bind me
And lose myself again