Would you show me what the lines sound?

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I can't hear the underlined in the below lines. then I'd like you to tell me what it is and what it means.

-------------The lines go :
I wasn't always like this. you know
I wasn't always ( ) this tight.
There was a time when I was fun.

Ljswave · Accepted Answer

ljswaveI wasn't always ( ) this tight.

Anonymous · Answer

i wasn't  always been this tight.  (i guess <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

Ljswave · Answer

I wasn't always ( wound ) this tight.
--> The original script is written like that. But I'mn't sure what that means and even if grammatical.
That 's why I ask.
I suppose "I wasn't always ( around ) this tight..
What about it?

Please show me.

Agarista · Answer

I also hear "wound". I wasn't always wound this tight means I wasn't always so stressed, so nervous about everything. This is how I have heard some of my friends use this expression. I don't know if it has more meanings.

Ljswave · Answer

AgaristaI wasn't always wound this tight means I wasn't always so stressed, so nervous about everything.

Going on to talk, If you use "wound" as a meaning of "so stressed" , We have to use "wounded" , the form of past participle of verb wound. So We would consider the "wound" used above as wind that means bend or twist .
By the way , If we accepted this right , the script ,"I wasn't always wound this tight" don't make sense in context.
"wound" have to be changed like this.
I wasn't always winding( this tight.
I feel sorry for explaining my own thought because of my terrible English.

I'm going to attach the whole chapter contents and mp3 sound for better understanding. For one's information This lines is in the movie ," The school of Rock"

The lines go ---------------------------------------------------------------
- I had a really nice time.
- Yeah, ditto.
-This is the first time a teacher has asked me
to do anything outside of school.
- No way.
-It's... It's true. In six years.
-Well, you know,
I think it might be one of those things
where people are intimidated.
-Intimidated?

- They hate me.
- No. They don't.
-Yes, they do. They sure do. I can see.
I wasn't always like this. you know
I wasn't always wound this tight.
There was a time when I was fun.
I was funny. l was.
But you can't be funny and be the principal
of a prep school.
No, you cannot, because when it comes
to their kids, these parents,
they have no sense of humor.
No and If anything goes wrong, it's my head.
All right.It's my head in the smasher.
These parents will come down on me
like a nuclear bomb.
I can't make a mistake.
I gotta be perfect.
And that pressure has turned me into
one thing that I never wanted to be.
(A ***,)-
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Agarista · Answer

Hi liswave,
I am bit in a hurry and didn't have time to read all of your reply (I'll do that later, I promise), but I just want to say that in your example "wound" is a form from "wind". I'll try to explain later.

Anonymous · Answer

Let me help; Agarista is right. There are 2 different words spelled the same way. In this example, 'wound' is pronounced 'wowned'. It is the past tense of wind (pronounced 'wynd'). The expression comes from old watches. If you wound them too tight, they broke.
You're confusing it with 'wound' pronounced 'woond'. As in an injury; the wounded soldier.
Hope this helps.

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