"Light in your Eyes" by Blessid Union of Souls

Much like the Counting Crows, here's a band that quite a few of us probably remember hearing a lot of in those oh-so-awkward years, but probably couldn't name right away. This song actually I had never heard before this year, but has quickly gotten a lot of rotation on my computer. It's really a basic song...bass outlines the chords, piano adding a little arpeggiation over it, guitar and drums providing rhythmic interest. The singer's voice has a very pleading quality, lending the melody a sweet quality. The entire song is a series of repeated phrases. The first phrase follows a I-IV-vi-V pattern. We repeat that, the melody repeating notes except a small variation that pulls us into the second pattern, iii-IV-ii-V, which brings us back to a full repeat of the first two patterns. After that half cadence, then we have our chorus progression, I-iii-IV-V, which (surprise, surprise) is repeated and ended on a PAC. We once again repeat the "verse phrases" and the chorus section as well, but now we have a desceptive resolution to our bridge section (progression: vi-IV-V-I, which as you can probably guess, is repeated). We now return to the chorus, only much softer than previously. Now, once we reach the chorus section we only have the piano outlining each chord, a pop device to make us realize the power of the message. Slowly, we fade out after a final PAC. Is it cheesy and predictable, yes, do I care, no...