Blue Cactus: “Kings”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 3m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
“Kings,” a song performed by Blue Cactus, is about the intricate dynamic of a sibling relationship.
Steph Stewart delves into her childhood relationship with her brother in the song “Kings.” She reminisces about the carefree days when they would play in the woods and share dreams, yearning to relive those moments and extend their time together.
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Blue Cactus: “Kings”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 3m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Steph Stewart delves into her childhood relationship with her brother in the song “Kings.” She reminisces about the carefree days when they would play in the woods and share dreams, yearning to relive those moments and extend their time together.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Do you remember feeling small ♪ ♪ And lost in all the trees high above our heads ♪ ♪ Rusted box springs and all the broken things ♪ ♪ In our junkyard kingdom ♪ ♪ We used to be kings ♪ ♪ Do you remember feeling low ♪ ♪ And getting high with the boys in the black light glow ♪ ♪ Flying down country roads ♪ ♪ Always late to supper ♪ ♪ But you need another upper to go ♪ ♪ I let you go ♪ ♪ Far enough away for everyone to say ♪ ♪ How proud you had made them and you turned out right ♪ ♪ Staring down the scope, your finger on the trigger ♪ ♪ The ringing and the shimmer ♪ ♪ Of the bullets raining nearer ♪ ♪ And you remember feeling small ♪ ♪ And lost in all the trees high above our heads ♪ ♪ The glistening of metal and rusted out barrels ♪ ♪ The old rope and tire of a junkyard swing ♪ ♪ We used to be kings ♪ ♪ Kings ♪
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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.