Musically, I am differently abled

When I hear music, it's almost a synesthetic experience for me.
As I hear it, I see a mathematical matrix in my mind, evolving instant by instant.
I sometimes play with these matrices, writing them down and transforming them.
I don't know how lyrics fit into this scenario; they are often heavily in my mind, too.
When I use my sound processing toys and speed up the music, sometimes the unspeeded-up lyrics fit quite nicely yet.
So what does time mean?
["The function of time is to keep everything from happening at once" - seen on a site.]
How does the axis of time relate to this two dimensional linear algebraic representation I see in my mind's eye?
This post ©reated by Ribonuff on October 17, 2007.