I would listen to all my music and make a list of the most powerful notes, phrases, choruses. I would be sure to include the fretless bass, the synth, and the vocals found in "Mother Stands for Comfort." It sounds like a song that might have had a rhythm track--a guitar or piano, but someone muted it in the studio, and realized that just to let the other disparate parts play alone, would keep the song just barely together.