Each Small Candle
Appearance
"Each Small Candle" | |
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SongbyRoger Waters | |
from the albumIn the Flesh – Live | |
Released | 2000 |
Genre | Progressive rock |
Songwriter(s) | Roger Waters |
"Each Small Candle"is a song byRoger Waters.The song was premiered as part ofIn the Fleshtour and subsequently released on the live albumIn the Flesh – Livein 2000.[1]No studio version of the song has been released.
During the In the Flesh tour "Each Small Candle" was included in theencoreof all the concerts of the2000,and some of the concerts of the2002tour (alternating with "Flickering Flame", another new song).
Most of the lyrics were inspired by a news story from theKosovo warof a Serbian soldier who saw a wounded Albanian woman, left his ranks and helped her.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?".The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd(1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 145.ISBN1-84353-575-0.
- Each Small Candle on RogerWaters- included reference to the"South American man who had been tortured".
- Who is Who- claim about the real story behindEach Small Candle