Do you guys ever think about how much humans love singing? Because we really do. Before our kids learn to talk properly, they learn to sing, maybe not with words, and probably not in tune, but theyâre definitely singing.
We have song for and about every occasion, emotion, and activity. We learn things quicker by song than simply by memorizing the words. If you leave someone in the quiet, they sing to themselves, even if itâs just in their head.
Every culture no matter how different has some form of music or song. Some of the most ancient artifacts we have from our long distant ancestors are musical instruments.
We are literally hardwired to get an endorphin rush from singing. Like we do from running. Which is interesting to me because common theory is that we get that ârunners highâ because thatâs our bodyâs way of encouraging us to engage in endurance hunting.
So I wonder, if originally, humans werenât meant to speak. Maybe we were meant to sing.
In story after story, when we want to convey that a culture is beautiful and graceful, and ancient, we give them song-like languages. Or describe their voices as lyrical or musical. Tolkien elves, stick out as a good example.
Are we subconsciously giving them the old, familiar language that our ancestors had?
If you traveled back to the early days of humanity, would you hear our ancestors singing through the trees? About love, and hate, and happiness, and sorrow, just like we do now?