▁" way ▁faster ▁and ▁way ▁easier ". ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Corn ell ▁and ▁bass ist ▁Ben ▁She ph erd , ▁the ▁latter ▁having ▁already ▁worked ▁on ▁six ▁of ▁the ▁six teen ▁album ▁tracks . ▁Report edly , ▁t ensions ▁within ▁the ▁group ▁arose ▁during ▁the ▁recording ▁sessions , ▁with ▁guitar ist ▁Kim ▁Th ay il ▁and ▁Corn ell ▁alleg edly ▁cl ash ing ▁over ▁Corn ell ' s ▁desire ▁to ▁shift ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁heavy ▁guitar ▁r iff ing ▁that ▁had ▁become ▁the ▁band ' s ▁tra dem ark . ▁Th ay il ' s ▁only ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁the ▁song ▁" N ever ▁the ▁Machine ▁Fore ver ", ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁wrote ▁both ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁the ▁music , ▁and ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁last ▁song ▁the ▁band ▁recorded . ▁The ▁song ▁initially ▁came ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁jam ▁session ▁Th ay il ▁had ▁with ▁Seattle ▁music ian ▁Greg ▁Gil more . ▁In ▁the ▁l iner ▁notes , ▁Th ay il ▁cred its ▁Gil more ▁for ▁insp iring ▁the ▁song . ▁He ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁incomplete ▁music ▁ideas ▁that ▁were ▁missing ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁were ▁not ▁arranged , ▁so ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁the ▁album . ▁Th ay il ▁said , ▁" It ▁can ▁be ▁a ▁little ▁bit ▁disc ou rag ing ▁if ▁there ▁isn ' t ▁satisf actory ▁cre ative ▁input , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁I ▁write ▁all ▁the ▁solo ▁bits ▁and ▁don ' t ▁really ▁have