Sometimes when you allow your mind to roam it will pick up a tantalising fragment of a song, a few bars, an intro or a particular turn of expression in a long-forgotten chorus. I imagine most people beat their head against the wall from time to time trying to remember when they heard that. If the expression is from a novel or a poem it's far harder to place. Films are maybe a little easier. I stress I'm talking about my own rememberances, not the snippets others recall. Often it takes ages to find these things again, sometimes we just give up (not often, for me), and ultimately the answer is rarely the source of joy that we imagine it will be.

Anyway. Lately I had such an instance and resolved it within 30 seconds. It was from Islands' album Return to the Sea. I am very pleased - this is far superior to the usual struggling.

In fact, lately I've been grasping these fragments far quicker than usual. I doubt my memory is improving, however. It is far more likely that the things I know have been streamlined, so I've discarded much of the more annoying ephemera.