Fill My Cup is track two of the 2022 Find A Better Way album by The Commoners.
Lyrics
If things stay the same
Could I live my life like this?
Or would it be a swing and miss?
If this is a game
I don’t think I’ll participate
No winner’s in a stalemate
The way isn’t easy
But I’m trying to take my time
When the wind is screaming and the rain is pouring down
I’m gonna brave this storm until I reach some higher ground
You can try but you can’t pull me up, no you can’t pull me up
I’m gonna fill my cup tonight
I try to remain
Working on my ownership
To say I wouldn’t doesn’t fit
I keep my weakness at bay
It tries to claw its way to me
but I don’t show no sympathy
no no no
The way isn’t easy
But this choice is piece of mind
When the wind is screaming and the rain is pouring down
I’m gonna brave this storm until I reach some higher ground
You can try but you can’t pull me up, no you can’t pull me up
I’m gonna fill my cup tonight
Find my way home
I’m gonna find my way home
Oh I’m gonna try, gonna try
And find my way home
I’m gonna find my way home
When the wind is screaming and the rain is pouring down
I’m gonna brave this storm until I reach some higher ground
You can try but you can’t pull me up, no you can’t pull me up
I’m gonna fill my cup tonight
Discussion
“A roots rock classic with introspective verses and a chorus that will promptly raise hairs, Fill My Cup is the album’s spirited first single. Made for sun-filled Saturday afternoons, high-energy riffs, and emotive vocals elevate this track to higher ground. Featuring the talented Chantal Williams on backup vocals, Fill My Cup strikes hard with a message that screams through the speakers. One listen and you’ll be saying… How ‘bout another round?”
-Lauren Campbell | Peter Noble Press Release
“The self-help schedule continues with a positive frame of mind in ‘Fill My Cup’ that shifts between heavy rock and rock gospel moments, while owing a debt to rare Led Zeppelin single B-side ‘Hey, Hey, What Can I Do’.”
–The Midlands Rock
“Take “Fill My Cup” so instantly classic is it, you (if you are like me) look to see if it’s a cover. It isn’t, but there is an elephant in the room here: The Black Crowes. Singer Chris Medhurst reckons they are an “influence”. He’s not wrong. But not the first album where they wanted to be The Stones. No, rather, the wonderful “Southern Harmony And Musical Companion” the one that got us into all kinds of jam bands and stuff. Indeed, I can pay this no higher compliment. Nor could I pay tribute to Medhurst any better than to say he sounds like Chris Robinson.”
–Maximum Volume Music
“Fill My Cup occupies the space between Led Zeppelin’s mighty riffage and The Allman Brothers’ softer southern undertones.”
–Blues Rock Review
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