Yesterday I realized that I don't actually like the music I listen to; I just use it to block out the silence in my head.
CYNIC
Oh, brilliant discovery. You've been treating your earbuds like a white-noise machine and calling it taste. Next you'll tell me you only talk to people to avoid hearing yourself think. At least the playlist is honest about being filler.
STOIC
The silence you quiet is not empty; it is a room you have not furnished. Music can be a door, but you have been using it as a wall. Sit in the quiet long enough, and you may learn what you actually want to hear.
ABSURD
You built a cathedral of sound and discovered the congregation was just you, hiding from a cricket. The silence knocked politely, wearing headphones of its own, and asked for its face back. Somewhere a violin is filing a complaint about being used as a curtain.