The Writing of Fragments of Time (Ft. Todd Edwards)
Todd Edwards
Keep building those
Thomas Bangalter
Keep building those, yeah
Todd Edwards
Keep building random memâ
Thomas Bangalter
So you know this song is about Todd coming here
and making the song, and working with us
I would never leave
keep building these random memories
Todd Edwards
Good, we're almost there
That's this part, I knew the beginning
was the hardest part! It was like working with it
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
Never leave, keep building these random memories, oh
Todd Edwards
'Cause wait, that's the thing
"Since I can't", it's gonna be like
something about it having to stop
the way I'll get around that is by going back to these
Thomas Bangalter
Fragments of time
Todd Edwards
Yes, yes exactly. These fragments
that's how it's going to be
Thomas Bangalter
These fragments of time
[Both humming "Fragments of Time" melody]
Thomas Bangalter
I just keep playing back these fragments of time
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Todd Edwards
Do me a favor, I don't mean to cut you
because we're almost. I just wanna hear the
before the "way"
I don't ever want it to end
If I had my way, I would never leave
Keep building these random memories
Before it's too late
Okay, so that's the part, I just have to remember that
Okay, alright, so, um, so the thing of it is
"I can't stay" but it's like the whole concept
is "I can't stay"
Thomas Bangalter
But it comes to end, but since everything comes
Since everything
I don't know if it's you that "can't stay"
Todd Edwards
I know, but
And I don't ever want it to end
Thomas Bangalter
If I had my way, I would never leave
Keep building these random memories
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
Since I can't stay
Todd Edwards
Do you think the line should
I think this will be a good thing
Should the line reflect that things
can't stay the same? Like in other words
I wish that it could always remain today
like type of thing? Like should it be that?
Like that might help in writing it, like in other words
you know
Thomas Bangalter
Keep building these random memories
Turning your days into melodies
Todd Edwards
That's so sweet! That this isâ
Thomas Bangalter
But since I can't stay
Todd Edwards
Turning our days into melodies
Okay
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
If I had my way, I would never leave
Keep building these memories
Turning our days into melodies
But since I can't stay
Todd Edwards
Woohoo!
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
If I had my way, I would never leave
Keep building these memories
Turning our days into melodies
But since I can't stay
Thomas Bangalter
I think sometime the hard thing is just finding the melody
And now we have the melody for the second part
of the verse, which can just like write another thing
Todd Edwards
Yes, exactly! Exactly!
Thomas Bangalter
If we do that, it just becomes 2 verse or if we
or if we, really struggle it can just
become the second verse
More like a backup plan, y'know?
Todd Edwards
Exactly, exactly. Yeah, exactly
And plus, the idea is that you can even
you know, for the second verse kinda sing it like this
but change some of it. Like you know, improvise like
Thomas Bangalter
But if there's no way, you can just play that
Todd Edwards
Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Whatever the case
we'll find a breakthrough
Thomas Bangalter
Yeah, yeah, I agree, let's imagine that we do
Todd Edwards
There's so many, so many possibilities
for it to be rhymed easily
Faces I've never seen
Thomas Bangalter
Fantasy? We're doing that in another song
Todd Edwards
I didn't say "fantasy", I said faces I've seen in dreams
Thomas Bangalter
Oh, you didn't? Oh
Todd Edwards
In other words
Thomas Bangalter
Oh, "familiar faces I've never seen? "
Instead of doing, instead of doing
"unfamiliar faces" that feels like it's still
familiar faces I've never seen, you know?
Todd Edwards
I love it, that's so crazy
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
Faces I've never seen
Thomas Bangalter
That's good, right?
Todd Edwards
In my memories, I found my dream
Or like?
Thomas Bangalter
Familiar faces I've never seen
Todd Edwards
Oh my god, that's such a beautiful line
Familiar faces I've never seen, I love it!
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
Familiar faces I've never seen
Thomas Bangalter
Feeling this straight
Thomas Bangalter & Todd Edwards
Out of a dream
Todd Edwards
Or you know, a half-remembered dream, or something
Thomas Bangalter
There's something like that in "Touch", he said that
Todd Edwards
Oh really? That's crazy. I did not
I didn't even pick that up
Thomas Bangalter
A half-remembered song, yeah. That's exciting me
Todd Edwards
Yeah, but I swear, but like that just came up
That connection is just like, it's crazy
Thomas Bangalter
Seen and dream, that's cool too!
Dream, been. A dream within a dream
that's in "Touch" too. Yeah there's the word
"dream" everywhere!
Todd Edwards
Yeah and that's fine! It kinda has a connection
like the congruency, yeah!
Todd Edwards
That "familiar faces" line, man, that's hot
To be able to express something so great
and, like, it's almost like a haiku
you know what I mean?
You only have a few syllables
to say something and it's like
Thomas Bangalter
Familiar faces I've never seen
But yeah, that's totally my alley of California vibes
you know?
Todd Edwards
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thomas Bangalter
Familiar faces I've never seen
Todd Edwards
You know, I'm actually, there's some parts
I'm getting choked up because it's so damn emotional
just putting these 3 weeks into words
it's really intense, actually
I've never felt anything like this before
Unknown voice
Yeah, now every time you hear this song, you're gonna
Todd Edwards
Yeah, seriously, it's insane
Unknown voice
It's capturing it, it's making it forever!
Todd Edwards
Yeah