0 5 ▁with ▁several ▁songs ▁already ▁written , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁performed , ▁recorded , ▁and ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁summer ▁Au ▁Natur ale ▁tour ▁( see ▁below ▁for ▁details ). ▁In ▁spring ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Ed ▁Robert son ▁and ▁Steven ▁Page ▁got ▁together ▁at ▁Page ' s ▁home ▁and ▁began ▁writing ▁the ▁first ▁songs ▁specifically ▁intended ▁for ▁this ▁album . ▁They ▁met ▁again ▁at ▁Robert son ' s ▁c ott age ▁after ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁wrote ▁ 1 3 – 1 5 ▁more ▁songs . ▁Kevin ▁H ear n ▁was ▁also ▁busy ▁writing ▁songs ▁at ▁his ▁own ▁cabin , ▁where ▁he ▁completed ▁several ▁songs ▁for ▁this ▁album , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁album ▁The ▁Mi racle ▁M ile . ▁Additionally , ▁Jim ▁Cre eg gan ▁managed ▁to ▁complete ▁a ▁two - year - old ▁idea ▁into ▁the ▁song ▁" Peter borough ▁and ▁the ▁K aw arth as ". ▁The ▁content ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁latter ▁two ▁members ▁continued ▁the ▁practice ▁started ▁on ▁Everything ▁to ▁Every one ▁of ▁including ▁writing ▁from ▁band ▁members ▁other ▁than ▁Page ▁and ▁Robert son , ▁and ▁not ▁taking ▁in ▁writing ▁from ▁outside ▁the ▁band . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁gathered ▁the ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁songs ▁( far ▁more ▁than ▁any ▁past ▁album ) ▁at ▁a ▁re he ars al ▁hall ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁to ▁learn ▁and ▁ar range ▁the ▁songs . ▁They ▁intended ▁to ▁record ▁as ▁many ▁b eds ▁( initial ▁record ings , ▁used