Close (We Stroke the Flames) is the second single from German synthpop group

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Bodega Bohemia ''Bodega Bohemia'' is the fourth studio album by German synthpop band Camouflage, released on April 26, 1993 by Metronome Musik. The band moved to Hamburg and began working on the album in mid-1992 following the release of the side-project EP '' Ar ...

'', 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.

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."Close (We Stroke the Flames)
Camouflage Lyrics genius.com, retrieved 4 December 2017

Track listings

CD single (Germany, 1993) / 12" single (Germany, 1993) # "Close (We Stroke the Flames)" (remix) – 3:59 # "Close (We Stroke the Flames)" (album version) – 4:12 # "Watch Out!" (instrumental) – 4:08 Track 1 remixed by Fischerman.

Credits

*Design – Ingrid Albrecht *Photography – Reiner Pfisterer *Producer – Dan Lacksman, Heiko Maile *Written-By – H. Maile

References

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