When listening to music, each individual thinks about something totally different that relates to what they are hearing. One person could be envisioning silhouettes of nude female bodies or visualizing a tall stack of turtles and hearing an omniscient narrator rhyming. This is one of the reasons why creativity is a key factor in order to live a sane life. It helps us put things into perspective, showing us different points of view to contrast what we numbly see everyday.
