Discover the story of the song > Camouflage – Stan Ridgway

The song is about a soldier who gets stuck alone during a war and is saved by a mysterious giant Marine who appears out of nowhere. The Marine helps the soldier fight off the enemy and they become friends, but when the soldier goes back to his camp and tells everyone about the Marine, he finds out that the Marine had actually died the night before. The soldier realizes that the Marine was a ghost who came to help him survive, and he feels grateful and respectful towards him.