With his characteristically bleak outlook, Cohen sings about ostracism, resignation and loneliness through disjunct scenes and images.
The chorus centers around a stepwise piano motif that is melodically very simple, but appears with different lengths and in different parts of the measure, which cr...
[Verse 1]
A couple times an hour
The train'll go by
Out to Gabriel Mountain
While here I lie
I think if I could only
Keep trouble away
[Hook]
Then I'd still drink from a silver cup
Just to be back in the fold
Could I still drink from that silver cup?
Silver cup
Silver cup
[Verse 2]
Santa Ana symptom
Is just what they say
I'm a Rose City subject
At least for today
[Hook]
Can I still drink from a silver cup
Just to be back in the fold
Could I still drink from that silver cup?
Silver cup
Silver cup
[Verse 3]
I guess I thought there would always
Be another chance
And I'd be back in the fold
My name was
Written on that silver cup
Silver cup
Drink from a Silver Cup was written by Chris Cohen.
Drink from a Silver Cup was produced by Chris Cohen.
Chris Cohen released Drink from a Silver Cup on Fri May 06 2016.