Easy to Be Hard
The Challenge of Empathy in a Callous World
Lyrics
How can people be so heartless
Expressing disbelief at the apparent lack of compassion or empathy in people.
How can people be so cruel
Highlighting the perceived cruelty or unkindness in people's actions.
Easy to be hard
Suggesting that it is effortless for some individuals to be emotionally distant or unkind.
Easy to be cold
Emphasizing the ease with which people can adopt a cold, indifferent attitude.
How can people have no feelings
Raising the question of how some individuals can be emotionally numb or insensitive.
How can they ignore their friends
Pointing out the ability of some to disregard the feelings of their friends.
Easy to be proud
Stating that it is easy for some to be excessively proud or arrogant.
Easy to say no
Indicating the simplicity with which some people can reject or say no to others.
Especially people who care about strangers
Highlighting the contrast in behavior of those who claim to care about strangers.
Who care about evil and social injustice
Referencing those who are concerned about issues like evil and social injustice.
Do you only care about being proud
Raising the question of whether caring individuals are only concerned about their pride.
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
Expressing a personal need for friendship and connection.
How can people be so heartless
Reiterating the disbelief at people's perceived heartlessness.
You know I'm hung up on you
Addressing a personal emotional attachment or obsession with someone.
Easy to be proud
Repeating the idea that it is easy for some to be excessively proud.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the ease with which some can reject or say no.
Especially people who care about strangers
Emphasizing the contrast in behavior of those who claim to care about strangers.
Who care about evil and social injustice
Reiterating the concern about evil and social injustice among caring individuals.
Do you only care about being proud
Raising the question of whether caring individuals are only concerned about their pride.
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
Expressing a personal need for friendship and connection.
How can people be so heartless
Expressing disbelief at the apparent lack of compassion or empathy in people.
How can people be so cruel
Highlighting the perceived cruelty or unkindness in people's actions.
Easy to be proud, easy to say no
Repeating the idea that it is easy for some to be excessively proud.
Easy to be gone, easy to say no
Emphasizing the ease with which some people can disappear or distance themselves.
Come on, easy to get read
Encouraging action or response, suggesting that it's easy to be understood or read.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the simplicity with which some people can reject or say no.
But too easy to be cold
Highlighting the negative consequences of being too easy to adopt a cold, indifferent attitude.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the simplicity with which some people can reject or say no.
But too easy to say no
Emphasizing the negative consequences of being too quick to say no.
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