They ask me, "Why do you always have your headphones in?" And I smile. Because it's not about the music. It's about surviving the noise in my head. I don't listen to dance, I listen to breathe, to make the day feel softer, to make the world feel a little less heavy. Each song knows something no one else does. The lyrics say what I can't. The beats hold what I don't talk about. People think I just love music. But really, I'm trying to keep myself together. It's not escape, it's therapy disguised as sound. I don't tell anyone that. I just hit play and pretend it's just a habit.