"Elegant Angel" is based on a theme that reverberated over and over in my head on the day of my mom's burial. It's not uncommon for a riff or a theme to pop into my head, but it is unusual that a particular theme continually bangs on the musical door. As I continue to process the loss of my mom, I've spent enormous amounts of time putting this theme together with the legacy of an amazing woman. First iterations of the tune were morbid and very "longingly sentimental". While "pretty" the tune wasn't the true representation of the soul I knew and will forever love. After pasting a photo of mom over my piano, as in life, she served as inspiration and helped me usher the song through to it's completion. In life and in death, my mom will always be my role-model and my personal Elegant Angel.