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human
ELI5: Recalling lyrics perfectly when associated with music?

Why are we able to recall, word for word, lyrics to entire songs we haven't listened to in over a decade, so long as the song is playing, but couldn't provide them on demand without the music?
gpt
Your brain associates the lyrics to the music while you listen to the song, and if you hear it again, it remembers what comes next, aided by the memory aid of the melody.

To put it short, the melody is a memory aid.