Easy To Be Around

I believe this song is about learning to be at ease with your own self, especially if you’ve previously struggled with anxiety or depression. The speaker is talking to themselves. At one point they were disjointed into two people- the adult who suffers from anxiety/depression and the inner child, wanting to be loved and feel joy. When the”two” meld into one, the speaker is finally at peace with her darker side and heals her inner child’s wounds. The song is played in minor chords, so it is a sad story because people who suffer from anxiety/depression know that once they get free from it, they must mourn the person they were, and all the pain and suffering they felt. The coal mine is a dark, deep underground place often associated with hardship, little reward, and even leading to chronic illness- not unlike the human experience at times. Picking up diamonds in a coal mine is choosing a life of suffering for the extremely rare hope and chance of getting out of that suffering by external, superficial means. Rising from the coal mine, bringing only what you came with, means shedding the weight of your trauma and all the distractions that stemmed from being sick, and getting back to the real work of cultivating abundance and joy that only your inner child aka true self is capable of doing. Forgetting your name and the reference of the door width never changing, are also references to returning to your true self (who you were as a child before suffering). Shedding the diamonds is symbolic of breaking the cycles of superficial healing, aka sustained suffering. Once she begins to shine like the diamond bright, laughing into the night, dancing, and dangling in the light, her and her inner child have healed. All of the references to night could be the symbolic time of us being alone, facing ourselves. Mercury is poisonous and makes you mentally ill. Shadows are also. a strong reference to our demons within.

"getting what our name is" - to me this means that a relationship which lacks depth, one in which you leave behind the heaviness you normally would carry with you, you leave with the "same as what you came with" meaning you approach the depth of a meaningful relationship but then leave it behind--that, in the end, this kind of relationship really does leave both parties with nothing. their name is nothing, they don't label themselves or their status, and they end up with empty hands at the end--perhaps without broken hearts as well.

Jeisenbe -- Empty hands, maybe, but not empty hearts.

these are diane cluck's official lyrics:

i was in the coal mine picking up diamonds that the miners had left behind, behind, behind and i admired their cold shine simple & bright and i pocketed many in the cavernous night clear, when held up to the light

you belong to no one you are easy to be around cuz you belong to no one you are easy to be around cuz you belong to no one you are easy to be around

and i scattered them on the ground...

in the wake of your eyes it decays you despise any weight and because and because and because you give it up you are easy to be around i like to walk beside you y're so easy to be around it's like i'm not even walking beside you we are rolling along the ground one shadow made of mercury we were two till we melted down now y're easy to be around

y're easy to be around...

i was in the coal mine picking up diamonds so heavy i had to leave them all behind coming up from the mineshaft sparkling bright see me laughing having nothing in an infinite night clear, and dangling in the light

same as what you came with makes you easy to be around cuz the door remains the same width y're so easy to be around both forgetting what our name is in a dance as the sun goes down

you are easy to be around y're easy to be around y're easy to be around y're easy to be around

I think this song tells a story of a time when she would cling to things that she once thought were important (diamonds), which were replaced by someone she met. " You despise any weight" and "you give it up" means he doesn't care about that bullshit (the diamonds). "We were two till we melted down" - love united them as one. Basically its about someone she met who had nothing to hide, who altered her entire perception on life, which I can very much relate to.

I think this song is about a person she met who changed her life- someone who was freed of the burden of material desire (in the wake of your eyes it decays/ you despise any weight / and because you give it up / you are easy to be around) who was unattached to any group or set identity & chose to live very independently (you belong to no one) who never had anything to hide and was very emotionally open (same as what you came with / cuz the door remains the same width) and who she feels very very close to (it's like i'm not even walking beside you / we are rolling along the ground / one shadow made of mercury / we were two till we melted down) the story about the diamonds in the coal mine demonstrates the freedom from worry that the other person taught her- once attached to the valuable diamonds, she can now laugh when she has to leave them behind.

I believe this song is about learning to be at ease with your own self, especially if you’ve previously struggled with anxiety or depression. The speaker is talking to themselves. At one point they were disjointed into two people- the adult who suffers from anxiety/depression and the inner child, wanting to be loved and feel joy. When the”two” meld into one, the speaker is finally at peace with her darker side and heals her inner child’s wounds. The song is played in minor chords, so it is a sad story because people who suffer from anxiety/depression know that once they get free from it, they must mourn the person they were, and all the pain and suffering they felt. The coal mine is a dark, deep underground place often associated with hardship, little reward, and even leading to chronic illness- not unlike the human experience at times. Picking up diamonds in a coal mine is choosing a life of suffering for the extremely rare hope and chance of getting out of that suffering by external, superficial means. Rising from the coal mine, bringing only what you came with, means shedding the weight of your trauma and all the distractions that stemmed from being sick, and getting back to the real work of cultivating abundance and joy that only your inner child aka true self is capable of doing. Forgetting your name and the reference of the door width never changing, are also references to returning to your true self (who you were as a child before suffering). Shedding the diamonds is symbolic of breaking the cycles of superficial healing, aka sustained suffering. Once she begins to shine like the diamond bright, laughing into the night, dancing, and dangling in the light, her and her inner child have healed. All of the references to night could be the symbolic time of us being alone, facing ourselves. Mercury is poisonous and makes you mentally ill. Shadows are also. a strong reference to our demons within.