Why do humans like music, when it’s just only words being said….just differently.
In: Biology
The question is a bit flawed. Music doesn’t even need words, and a lot of music doesn’t have lyrics. However, lyrics in songs can evoke an emotional response based on anything from empathy to psychopathy. We might be able to relate to them in some way (e.g. that girl/guy broke my heart/is hot/died) or it may be cathartic to sing along to them because they are words we would not normally speak in typical conversation. Such words don’t need to be sung and similar emotional responses can come from reading books, poetry and blogs, or listening to someone speak them at a political rally or a ted talk.
Simply put, words are powerful whether spoken, sung, screamed, whispered, written or signed. In music, they contribute to the other sounds we hear that invoke other emotional responses that can result in a cumulative effect.
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