Beauty can touch the human soul and people can react in a beautiful way and it doesn't matter if you're female or male reacting to such things. Another reason music makes me cry is when it seems to achieve a kind of perfection that you don't often come across in real life. Your question caught my attention as I was in the middle of researching that, too. I've been singing in choirs for six years and I've always had a habit of crying while we sing really pretty songs. Pitch … I think music (voices in this case) can just be so beautiful that we become overwhelmed by amazement, sometimes so much that we cry. Dance for Jesus, Dance for Jesus, Dance for Jesus and live! Sept. 20, 2013— -- Every time Louis Mushrow, 9, hears certain songs, he beings to cry. You see, when you have psychic hearing, you can hear things that other people can’t. Crying happens not just when we're sad, but when we're experiencing any intense emotion. So that unexpected quality is one thing that makes me cry. And music fills the night. I always wonder why we heard the music. If this happens to you, it’s a good indicator that you’re clairaudient. Music, it seems, may affect our brains the same way that sex, gambling, and potato chips do. And when you can't contain your joy inside, then. He doesn't like to cry in front of others even though he is comfortable around some people. He likes beautiful things, music, beautiful movies and sports. Maybe you hear soft voices in the background or could have SWORN you heard someone saying your name. Then just as it seems like it's close to getting away, there's a brief pause, and then the music becomes sombre (and I know the bird is dead). Tempo is another: when we hear slow-tempo music we tend to think it's serene, calm or pensive, while fast-tempo music is joyful or restless. Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and I told my mother about the beautiful music and she said to me, "Child, you heard the heavenly host." To clarify, do you tear up because of certain notes and not because of lyrics? Kiss the world goodbye. We were 9 years old and I never said a word until I was 30ish. Many things. The Ballad Of The Tearful: Why Some Songs Make You Cry A musical device called an appoggiatura creates tension and emotions, says one musical psychologist. Music has flourished because it can make us cry by eliciting compassion, arousing our empathy, and this is rewarding – both neuroanatomically, and socially. And with your final heartbeat. O, and when the love spills over. Cry to Jesus, Cry to Jesus, Cry to Jesus and live! Also, "a … Strangely, those dopamine levels can peak several seconds before the song’s special moment. I think he's sensitive or sentimental. We heard the music in the 1950s and I heard it briefly around the mid sixties when walking alone at night from my job.