Each Small Candle

"Each Small Candle" is a song by Roger Waters. It was released on his album In the Flesh – Live in 2000.^[1] Most of the lyrics were inspired by a news story from the Kosovo war of a Serbian soldier who saw a wounded Albanian woman, left his ranks and helped her.

It also includes a stanza translated from Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen's work Ikke Bødlen (and is, thus, credited as "Waters/Rasmussen"), which has been wrongly attributed to an unknown torture victim from Argentina.

The song was included in the encore of all the concerts of the 2000 In the Flesh tour, and some of the concerts of the 2002 tour (alternating with "Flickering Flame").

References

↑ Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 145. ISBN 1-84353-575-0. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Each Small Candle on RogerWaters.com - included reference to the "South American man who had been tortured".
Who is Who - claim about the real story behind Each Small Candle

Roger Waters

Studio albums	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984) Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) Amused to Death (1992)

Soundtracks	Music from The Body (1970) When the Wind Blows (1986) The Legend of 1900 (song "Lost Boys Calling") (1999) The Last Mimzy (song "Hello (I Love You)") (2007)

Live albums	The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990) In the Flesh – Live (2000) Roger Waters: The Wall (2015)

Operas	Ça Ira (2005)

Compilations	Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1 (2002)

Singles	"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" "Radio Waves" "Sunset Strip" "The Tide Is Turning" "What God Wants, Part 1" "To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut" "Hello (I Love You)" "We Shall Overcome"

Films	The Wall – Live in Berlin In the Flesh – Live Roger Waters: The Wall

Tours	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Radio K.A.O.S. In the Flesh The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Wall Live

Related articles	Discography Harry Waters Pink Floyd David Gilmour The Bleeding Heart Band Ron Geesin Gerald Scarfe Carolyne Christie James Guthrie Alan Parker Jude Waters Inflatable pigs The Madcap Laughs

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