Do you use imagination or feelings in listening to a song?

I usually find myself assigning the song to a particular story/novel that I'm familiar with, or (rarely) one created by me. Sometimes I think of particular characters that a song seems to fit, but usually that's with songs that are more 'pop' rather than classical. It's only rarely that I assign something personal to the song itself, as in identifying my own emotions in the music.

The thing I do most often is imagine a scenario/picture within the music, whether it's actually part of the piece (such as a specific title or occasion the piece was written for) or not.

Jam it back in, in the dark.