Blue Cactus: “Bite My Tongue”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 3m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Blue Cactus’ “Bite My Tongue” is a song about the need to speak out.
In the song “Bite My Tongue,” Steph Stewart reflects on the evolution of activism over time and the significance of speaking out as a powerful tool for change.
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Blue Cactus: “Bite My Tongue”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 3m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
In the song “Bite My Tongue,” Steph Stewart reflects on the evolution of activism over time and the significance of speaking out as a powerful tool for change.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[drum music] [country music] ♪ Been biting my tongue so long ♪ ♪ It's a wonder the thing ain't gone ♪ ♪ But I'm still right here ♪ ♪ Trying to tell you that ♪ ♪ All the things that you said were wrong ♪ ♪ All the ways that I don't belong ♪ ♪ You were wrong about it ♪ ♪ I'm just wondering ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you really gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Saying the same thing to you for so long ♪ [county music continues] ♪ Always got something to prove ♪ ♪ Always needing something new ♪ ♪ Too many words and I can't cut through ♪ ♪ Make me tired to be with you ♪ ♪ Always thinking that you know best ♪ ♪ That ain't what I've witnessed ♪ ♪ Tell me who you're trying to impress ♪ ♪ You oughta just talk less ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you really gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Saying the same thing to you for so long ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you really gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Saying the same thing to you all along ♪ ♪ Took a shot but it ricocheted ♪ ♪ Like Mercury in retrograde ♪ ♪ Everybody got something to say ♪ ♪ You always got something to say ♪ ♪ Well, I got something to say ♪ ♪ So when you gonna hear me ♪ [country music continues] [steel guitar strumming] [lead guitar strumming] ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you really gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Saying the same thing to you for so long ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you really gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Saying the same thing to you all along ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me, huh ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ When you gonna hear me ♪ ♪ Are you ever gonna hear me, babe ♪ ♪ Are you ever gonna hear me, baby ♪ ♪ Are you ever gonna hear me, babe ♪ ♪ Are you ever gonna listen ♪ [country music continues and fades]
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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