Blue Cactus: “Believer”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 5m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
“Believer,” performed by Blue Cactus, is a song of hope in a desperate time.
Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez’s song “Believer” offers a perspective on rapid change in the world amidst a constant stream of news headlines. It aims to process our strange realities and paint a picture of maintaining hope and believing in goodness in the world.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Blue Cactus: “Believer”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 5m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez’s song “Believer” offers a perspective on rapid change in the world amidst a constant stream of news headlines. It aims to process our strange realities and paint a picture of maintaining hope and believing in goodness in the world.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle wistful music] ♪ Contrails cutting up the sky ♪ ♪ For a thousand miles wide ♪ ♪ Tiny man in his silver can ♪ ♪ Went to the stars and back again ♪ ♪ 'Cause he can ♪ ♪ This whole world, full of fever ♪ ♪ Bound to make me a believer ♪ ♪ Into the flame, fade to nothing ♪ ♪ You're just dying to feel something ♪ ♪ Something ♪ [gentle wistful music continues] ♪ You might be high long enough ♪ ♪ To know you won't stay gone ♪ ♪ Won't stay gone ♪ ♪ You might be young and gone enough ♪ ♪ But you won't stay long ♪ ♪ Won't stay long ♪ ♪ Long enough to make a believer ♪ [gentle wistful music continues] ♪ All grown up like a kid ♪ ♪ No one told you how to win ♪ ♪ In every room a TV humming ♪ ♪ In every heart the numbing, numbing ♪ ♪ Here, now ♪ [gentle wistful music continues] [gentle wistful music continues] ♪ You might be high long enough ♪ ♪ To know you won't stay gone ♪ ♪ Won't stay gone ♪ ♪ You might be young and gone enough ♪ ♪ But you won't stay long ♪ ♪ Won't stay long ♪ ♪ Long enough to make a believer ♪ [gentle wistful music continues] [gentle wistful music continues] [gentle wistful music fades]
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Clip: 3/27/2025 | 2m 34s | Blue Cactus performs “Resolution” from their 2025 album, “Believer.” (2m 34s)
Blue Cactus: “This Kind of Rain”
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Clip: 3/27/2025 | 4m 1s | In “This Kind of Rain,” Blue Cactus focuses on the phrase “when it rains it pours.” (4m 1s)
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Preview: 3/27/2025 | 30s | Blue Cactus delivers dreamy country and Americana sounds that will keep your head in the clouds. (30s)
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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