Art Tatum Piano Master CD

Bright Colors That Fade: Converted from a poem that I wrote in the fall of 2004. The song is representative of the cycle of relationships and the drastic changes in mood that occur throughout the various stages. The verses are conveyed in a depressing near monotomous fashion as an indicator of the sad, dire, and perhaps self-fulfilling? predictability of it all. 2.

The Last Coup Fourre: While playing the French card game "Mille Bornes" for the first ti me, I had no idea what I was doing and my girlfriend was trying to teach me how to play. While discarding during my turn, I accidentally threw away a "Coup Fourre"(the most cherished card in the game), and she said something like "You just fucking threw away a coup fourre". I guess i see it as a metaphor for our relationship in two ways. The first being that when I could have really used some sort of real-life equivalent of a coup fourre to save our relationship from ending, I didn't have one. The second being that the moment our courtship finally did end, I discarded her. I threw away my coup fourre. Now you get it? 3.

Alternate Ending: This was actually the first song I wrote for this album. Over the years I've continuously had trouble with time and timing in relationships. I often daydreamed about going back in time and meeting girls when they were in a different mindset, or before they had formulated negative ideas about relationships that were based upon poor choices and past mistakes. The sad underlying theme is illustrated at the end of the last verse, and if you'll notice that part is sung slightly different as if I've given up on the song After all my painstaking efforts to alter the course of history, there is only disappointment. only to discover that the ending is the same 4.

Glow in the Dark Boy: The person who mastered these songs for me, when we came to this track, put the question to me, "can I just ask you something? just what exactly inspired you to write this song?", so I told him: While spending the night at a girl's house she frustratingly remarked that I was so pale that I "glow in the dark". I thought to myself, first of all, people who spend all their time in the sun look like crap once they hit a certain age. Second of all, the world is a dark and miserable place filled with the same people. A boy who glows in the dark should be considered a rare and priceless thing. He shines despite his bleak surroundings. 5.