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Song: “Ho Hey” by The Lumineers Ho Hey Ho Hey I been trying to do it right (Hey) I been living a lonely life (Ho) I been sleepin' here instead (Hey) I been sleepin' in my bed (Ho) I been sleepin' in my bed (hey ho) so show me family (Hey) all the blood that I will bleed (Ho) I don't know where I belong (Hey) I don't know where I went wrong (Ho) but I can write a song (hey) I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet' (ho) Hey (come on now) Ho Hey I don't think you're right for him (Hey) think of what it might have been if we (Ho) took a bus to chinatown (Hey) I'd be standin' on canal (ho) and Bowery (hey) (Ho) she'd be standin' next to me (hey) I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart Love, we need it now Let's hope for some 'Cause oh we're bleedin' out I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet'(ho) Hey Ho Hey When I was about 13 years old, my family and I sang ‘Ho Hey’ for our Thanksgiving gathering, each of us playing different instruments and singing different harmonies. While we memorized the words, I never truly read, understood, and connected to the lyrics until completing this project. I believe the main theme in ‘Ho Hey’ is that of belonging to someone or something. We all want to belong to a person or to a group of people in order to develop our

identity and not feel as though we are going through life alone. This song rings true to my adolescence as I did not feel like I belonged to any particular group or fit a certain stereotype and because of this, I felt lost and lonely for a large part of my adolescence. I felt like an outcast, even though I desperately yearned to fit in and be accepted. I wanted my thoughts and feelings to be validated by someone else. The lyric “Love, we need it now/ Let’s hope for some” accurately depicts how I desperately desired immediate love and acceptance from others. The times where I did feel like I belonged to a particular clique were the times I felt the most joy. Throughout my adolescence, I knew I could count on my best friends, family, and home to comfort and support me. Knowing that I belonged to a group bigger than myself who loved me when I needed it most helped me to make sense of myself and feel comfortable developing my identity. If I am ever feeling alone, I still play this song and am reminded of all those who love and accept me for who I was through adolescence and who I am as an emerging adult.

Through Kazancioglu’s article titled “An Adolescent Journey: Filling the Void With Sound”, he focuses on how certain songs can bring meaning to one’s life, describing feelings, conflicts, fantasies, and needs. Specifically, through working with an autistic patient named Ayda who was not good at expressing her emotions, Kazancioglu was curious about sound/songs and the role it played in their therapist to patient relationship and also in the parent to child relationship. Upon playing certain songs that Ayda had listened to throughout her childhood, Kazancioglu noted the lyrics and tone of each song as well as her different reactions. During a love song, he noted the song had a theme of tenderness and belonging and Ayda seemed to be at peace. Through analyzing the song and her reaction, he recognized her deep desire for connection. During a song titled “Who am I?”, Ayda mentioned something about her father, who

was very emotionally distant in her life. Through this, Kazancioglu hypothesized that through this emotional distance throughout her childhood, she had not been able to develop meaning for her life and because of this she had felt extremely alone and experienced deep psychological pain. When Kazancioglu probed deeper, Ayda admitted that she thought she was a burden to her parents. Overall, Kazancioglu concluded that the rhythm, tone, and texture of the music that Ayda played told something that her words couldn’t and allowed them to connect on a more emotional level. This was a very interesting study to read, as I did not realize how accurately a song could describe one’s innermost feelings and reveal certain traumatic events occurring in one’s life. While I think Kazancioglu effectively described his study of Ayda, he could have used actual data, conducted experiments, and related the results of these experiments to other cases because his study was entirely composed of observations.

Kazancioğlu, F. G. (2012). An Adolescent Journey: Filling the Void With Sound. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology,7(2), 213-230. doi:10.1080/15551024.2012.656352...