Search - Sheryl Crow :: Light in Your Eyes

Celebrate Love And Life!

Busy Body | London, England | 02/06/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The release of Sheryl Crow's "The Very Best Of" in October 2003 showcased a true talent in rock music which had reigned for 10 years. From 1993 to 2003, the album was a collection of Crow's best material from four studio albums. The early material from "Tuesday Night Music Club" was evident, where songs such as "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Strong Enough" brought about a striking combination of rock pop and hints of folk and country. The advanced rock pop of her self-titled second album with hits such as "Everyday Is A Winding Road" and "If It Makes You Happy" formed the backbone of the collection, with "My Favorite Mistake" and "Soak Up The Sun" the more recent hits adding to the already sizeable chunk of Crow's body of work.



The album has gone on to sell almost three million copies in America and more than 600,000 in the UK. These sales will add to Crow's already impressive world sales of 15 million considerably and will see her continue long into the future. The Very Best Of also featured a few new tracks. The lead single was "The First Cut Is The Deepest," a cover version of the Cat Stevens original. I didn't like this song very much, but there was another new song on the album called "Light In Your Eyes" which I bloody love! The song is funky, upbeat and very happy. It reminds me of the singles from Sheryl's second album, because the guitars just sweep along.



The song opens with drums and guitars aplenty. Sheryl starts singing the first verse, "Something is happening, everything's different but everything is fine, yeah! This is the good stuff. Yesterday's only what you leave behind. It's only in your mind." This rather brief and simple first verse is followed by the catchy chorus, where Sheryl sings, "You gotta talk to the one who made you, talk to the one who understands. Talk to the one who gave you all that light in your eyes. All that light in your eyes." The second verse then starts and Sheryl sings, "There's no use pretending. You never existed until you saw the light, yeah! Well you're just beginning. You haven't missed it, it's all ahead of you. And you know what to do."



The drums then float a little bit before the second chorus begins and you really hear, for a brief second, the catchiness of this song. Sheryl then sings the second chorus before a beautiful bridge where she sings, "Here comes the world and she is beautifully mysterious. She's got it all and you say 'Give it to me!'" A short instrumental then plays before the song dies down and Sheryl sings, "Nobody's happy. That's not the world I knew inside. Where everybody hides." Sheryl then sings the chorus again a few times before finishing the song off with "Yeah, thank you, thank you! Yeah, everything great and small! Yeah, thank you, thank you, for the light in your eyes. Yeah, thank you, thank you. Yeah, everything great and small. Yeah, thank you, thank you, for the light in your eyes. For the light in your eyes."



The song then ends and always leaves me feeling happy about life. Does Sheryl have some sort of religious significance hidden in the lyrics? Who can say - all I know is that it's a celebration of life, and we should embrace it. I haven't seen a video for this song and I'm not sure if one was made, but if one wasn't, one should have been because this song is great. Sheryl's vocals are softer and more rounded on this song than they are on some of her other songs where her voice is grittier and more raw. Overall a fantastic song which I'm sure I'll be listening to for years to come."