”If I fell through a crack in time would you remember these eyes of mine If the waves fail to reach this shore evermore my soul will find yours”
This time of year always gets me reflecting on things like this - the passage of time and all that.
This year, after what a rough 2020 it has been, but still being the first entire calendar year I have been able to live, married happily (despite 2020) with the Max to my Chloe.
Reflecting back on All Wounds, in a strange way, this song is maybe the one I’m most nostalgic for regarding the story. From early on in the project’s development, one of the core plot ideas I had was that Max’s consciousness would become ‘lost in time’ and she’d find her way back to her present by visiting the moment she and Chloe first met. This would cement their relationship as one apart from the normal rules of time - the literal consciousness Chloe meets is a version of Max from the future, in love with and getting ready to marry her. It was an idea inspired by that famous Dr. Manhattan quote I referenced:
“Things have their shape in time, not space alone. Some marble blocks have statues within them, embedded in their future.”
I wanted to capture that idea through Max’s character. This wonderful fanmade song was arranged from a track from Chrono Cross, the strange but wonderful sequel to Chrono Trigger. Between that source of it, the lyrics themselves, the nostalgia I have for the original track, I dunno, it all gels together. It’s ironic because this exact same artist has also written a lovely vocal arrangement to Max and Chloe’s theme, and I guess that only further cements how much I love their music.