It’s Coming Home!!
We’re all singing it, along with Football’s coming home again, and Sweet Caroline. But have you ever wondered why it feels so good?
Singing together has long been a unifying force for communities and groups to show allegiance to their cause, be it religious, sporting, or celebrating. When we sing we create vibrations both within our bodies and out to others. By singing together in unison, the vibrations we create “attune” to each other. (This is why its quite difficult to sing out of tune in a group) The vibrations align and the resultant effect is magnified. By vibrating at the same wavelength we feel kinship towards eachother and our sense of belonging and safety increases. This gives us the tingle down the spine feeling.
On top of this the type of songs often sung at football matches have catchy hooks and simple words, often to familiar tunes. This increases the participation and desire to join in.
Lastly the long drawn out vowel sounds encourages vibrations with in different parts of the body. So the “Oh” sound in the word home, resonates in the abdomen area. This is where feelings of nurture, relationships, wellbeing and pleasure are shown. The a sound in England, which is sustained, vibrates in the throat area, and represents communication and sharing of experience.
All these things, in addition to the sense of relief that lockdown is ending and we can be together again, contribute to us feeling great.
Enjoy the match. Come on England!