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Noel mentioned in his interview with Vultures that his first session was all about brainstorming ideas. When the song came together, he only had three elements: the title, the bassline, and the drum machine—he was likely tweaking what he’d worked on in Paris. The line/chorus, “We got the power to ring the great bell out there above us,” came about after Damon showed him a photo of an Asian monk standing beneath a huge bell.