os ▁were ▁recorded ▁using ▁a ▁guitar , ▁drum ▁machine , ▁synth es izers ▁and ▁a ▁Port ast udio ▁that ▁Johnson ▁had ▁bought . ▁Although ▁Johnson ▁had ▁lear nt ▁how ▁to ▁create ▁t ape ▁loops ▁and ▁over d ub ▁tracks ▁during ▁his ▁job ▁as ▁a ▁t ape ▁operator ▁at ▁De ▁W ool f ▁stud ios ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁te en ager , ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁sequ encer , ▁so ▁he ▁would ▁play ▁the ▁lines ▁for ▁each ▁instrument ▁over ▁and ▁over ▁– ▁for ▁the ▁longer ▁tracks ▁like ▁" I ' ve ▁Be en ▁Wait ing ▁for ▁Tom orrow ▁( All ▁of ▁My ▁Life )" ▁and ▁" Gi ant ", ▁this ▁could ▁mean ▁playing ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁ten ▁minutes ▁at ▁a ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Mel ody ▁M aker ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁five ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁album ' s ▁release , ▁Johnson ▁shared ▁fragments ▁of ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁working ▁on , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁mental ▁images ▁and ▁states ▁of ▁mind . ▁He ▁explained ▁one ▁image , ▁" I ' m ▁floating ▁into ▁har bour ▁in ▁a ▁sog gy ▁card board ▁box ", ▁saying , ▁" I ' ve ▁always ▁had ▁this ▁weird ▁thing ▁about ▁the ▁sea , ▁incred ibly ▁deep ▁and ▁cold ". ▁He ▁also ▁quoted ▁another ▁ly ric ▁in ▁progress : ▁" The ▁sun ▁is ▁high ▁and ▁I ' ve ▁been ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁ver and ah ▁sitting ▁in ▁life ' s ▁pro verb ial