Iron & Wine: “Anyone's Game"
Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Iron & Wine performs the song “Anyone’s Game,” a playful homage to Serbian poet Vasko Popa.
Iron & Wine performs “Anyone’s Game” with a full band. A playful homage to Serbian poet Vasko Popa, the rhythmic song comes to life visually through shadow puppet animations by the performance collective Manual Cinema.
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Iron & Wine: “Anyone's Game"
Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Iron & Wine performs “Anyone’s Game” with a full band. A playful homage to Serbian poet Vasko Popa, the rhythmic song comes to life visually through shadow puppet animations by the performance collective Manual Cinema.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle music] [gentle music continues] [gentle music continues] [gentle music continues] ♪ Anybody born knows how to play this little game ♪ ♪ Now they light a candle in themselves ♪ ♪ They lean it up against the wind ♪ ♪ And then they run around the rain ♪ ♪ Anybody born plays pretty well ♪ [gentle music] ♪ If they crawl into another's heart ♪ ♪ While someone counts to 10 ♪ ♪ Let's just say that's the hardest place to hide ♪ ♪ They jump out of their names until the game begins again ♪ ♪ They open one another's empty eyes ♪ ♪ Till they rise like ashes off the ground ♪ ♪ Fall down like diamonds off the dead ♪ ♪ Till they go as though they're coming back ♪ ♪ Take their time like it's all they're gonna get ♪ [gentle music] ♪ Anybody born knows how to play this little game ♪ ♪ No one can be born too many times ♪ ♪ First they kiss their lucky dice ♪ ♪ Then they dig themselves a grave ♪ ♪ They do this until it's killing them to try ♪ ♪ And try and try ♪ ♪ And try to rise like ashes off the ground ♪ ♪ And fall down like diamonds off the dead ♪ ♪ To go as though they're coming back ♪ ♪ Take their time like it's all they're gonna get ♪ ♪ To rise like ashes off the ground ♪ ♪ Fall down like diamonds off the dead ♪ ♪ Let's just say that the clues are few ♪ ♪ And the last one in's an egg ♪ ♪ They bend the map or just turn around ♪ ♪ If their life gets in the way ♪ ♪ Let's just say, let's just say ♪ ♪ That their life, it gets in the way ♪ ♪ Let's just say, let's just say ♪ ♪ Say it ♪ ♪ Say it ♪ ♪ Let's just say, let's just say ♪ ♪ That their life, it gets in the way ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Let's just say, let's just say ♪ [upbeat music] [gentle music]
Iron & Wine: “All in Good Time”
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 22s | Singer-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) performs his Grammy-nominated song “All in Good Time.” (4m 22s)
Iron & Wine: "Call It Dreaming"
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 3m 50s | Iron & Wine plays “Call It Dreaming” with a band and the shadow puppet collective Manuel Cinema. (3m 50s)
Iron & Wine: “Flightless Bird, American Mouth”
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 3m 25s | Iron & Wine performs “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” with a band and the Manual Cinema collective. (3m 25s)
Iron & Wine: “Singers and the Endless Song”
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 5m 13s | Iron & Wine plays “Singers and the Endless Song,” which the artist rarely performs live. (5m 13s)
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Preview: 2/6/2025 | 30s | Iron & Wine performs with a full band and shadow puppeteers from the collective Manual Cinema. (30s)
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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