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^{[citation needed]} (and is, thus, credited as "Waters/Rasmussen"^{[citation needed]}), which has been wrongly attributed^{[citation needed]} 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.

Each Small Candle on RogerWaters.com - included reference to the "South American man who had been tortured".
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[1] 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.

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Studio albums	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984) Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) Amused to Death (1992) Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017) Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale (2019)
Soundtracks	Music from The Body (1970) When the Wind Blows (1986)
Live albums	The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990) In the Flesh – Live (2000) Roger Waters: The Wall (2015) Roger Waters: Us + Them (2020)
Operas	Ça Ira (2005) Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera (2017)
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 (After Live Aid)" "What God Wants, Part I" "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" "To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut" "Hello (I Love You)" "We Shall Overcome" "Smell the Roses" "Déjà Vu"
Other songs	"Perfect Sense, Pt. I" "Perfect Sense, Pt. II" "Each Small Candle"
Films	The Wall – Live in Berlin In the Flesh – Live Roger Waters: The Wall Roger Waters: Us + Them
Tours	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking K.A.O.S. On the Road In the Flesh The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Wall Live Us + Them Tour
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