A familiar melody can make room for a feeling you have not found words for.

Feelings often exist before there is any language for them, sitting in the body as heaviness or restlessness with no name attached. A song you already know can hold that state long enough for you to feel it without having to explain it, to yourself or to anyone else. The melody does the carrying while you are not yet able to. That is why the same few songs return during hard weeks.

Put on the music that fits whatever is sitting in you unnamed, and let it play through once. No analysis is required. Words may come afterward, or they may not be needed.