Close (We Stroke the Flames)

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"Close (We Stroke the Flames)"
Camouflage close cover.jpg
Single by Camouflage
from the album Bodega Bohemia
B-side "Watch Out!"
Released1993
Recorded1992–1993
Genre Synth-pop
Length
  • 4:12 (album version)
  • 3:59 (single remix)
Label Metronome
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dan Lacksman
  • Heiko Maile
Camouflage singles chronology
"Suspicious Love"
(1993)
"Close (We Stroke the Flames)"
(1993)
"Jealousy"
(1993)

"Close (We Stroke the Flames)" is the second single from German synth-pop trio Camouflage's fourth album Bodega Bohemia , released in 1993. The song was remixed for single release, adding a much more radio-friendly drum and synth track to the mostly-acoustic album version. [1] [2]

Contents

Lyrics

The text refers to the resurgent Neo-Nazism in Germany at that time with sentences like "They're marching on with torches....The tale is told again" and the warning "And if we don't care, we end up all the same. We stroke the flames, we never quenched all those years. We should have learned. from things which may come close." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Close (We Stroke the Flames)" (remix) – 3:59
  2. "Close (We Stroke the Flames)" (album version) – 4:12
  3. "Watch Out!" (instrumental) – 4:08

Track 1 remixed by Fischerman.

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References

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  2. "Camouflage: Close". camouflage-music.com. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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