4. All I know since yesterday
is everything has changed I Person Deixis
Yesterday Temporal Deixis
„I‟ refers to first person who know „since yesterday‟
refers to
past tense
everything has changed
5. Tell me why I‟m feeling
like I‟ve missed you all this time
I, Me, You Person Deixis
Time Temporal Deixis „Me‟ as object pronoun
from „I‟ as first person want to know why she is feel like
miss all „this time‟ as a temporal deixis refers to
present tense
6. And meet me there tonight
Me Person Deixis There Spatial Deixis
Tonight Temporal Deixis
„Me‟ as object pronoun from „I‟ who want to meet
„there‟ as locative adverbs where to show the place to
meet „tonight‟ as a temporal deixis refers to present tense
B. Data Analysis
1. State of Grace
From the title State of Grace can be inferred that the song tells about love story. In that song the song writer uses three types of deixis, there are person
deixis, spatial deixis, and temporal deixis.
From the tabulated data above, the writer founds that the song writer uses singular first person deixis „I‟ and „my‟, then plural first person deixis „we‟, and
second person deixis „you‟.
“I‟m walking fast through the traffic lights busy streets and busy lives” “And I never saw you coming”
“We fall in love „til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time” “You‟re my Achilles heel”
From lyric above, it can be seen that the song writer uses first person deixis „I‟ to refer itself who walking fast through the traffic lights in busy streets
and busy lives. The use of first person deixis is to explain who talk in that song is. The deictic word „my‟ in song above is form of possessive adjective
referring to something belongs to her. The word „my‟ is one of deictic expression which is pointed to somethin
g belongs to the song writer. „My‟ applied by the song writer for indicate that the song writer use deictic expression possessive
adje ctive „my‟ to point toward that the hearer or reference as Achilles for the
speaker, it is the song writer. Other person deixis are used by the speaker is “we”. Deictic word „we‟ is
deictic expression that usually indicates that the speaker is speaking as the representation of other speaker including the listener. It means more than one
speaker is involved, and shows that the song writer applied the deictic expression to address the listener and the speaker. The song writer use deictic expression
„you‟ in Song State of Grace is addressed to the hearer as second person. Also „you‟ is functioned as object because the hearer obtained an action by the speaker.
„You‟ is the listener as the addressee who loved by the speaker. For knowing how the use of deixis affecting the meaning of the whole
lyrics it can be seen if the writer omitted the deictic expression of person deixis. “Walking fast through the traffic lights busy streets and busy lives”
“And never saw coming” “Fall in love „til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time”
“You‟re Achilles heel”
From that lyric it can be seen if the song writer not uses deictic expression it will causing confusion for the listener of song, which the speaker is in that song.
The song listener will be not know what the song tells about, whether talk about the song writer herself or other person.
Second, types of deixis are used by the song writer is spatial deixis. From the tabulated data above, it can be seen that the author use spatial deixis „this‟ are
include as demonstrative adje ctive, and „room‟ are include motion verb.
“Pierce the room like a cannon ball” “This is a state of grace”
Spatial deixis „this‟ attached to noun state of grace in which this word refers to the speaker love. It is also used as proximal expression by the song writer
as the deictic center in which the location is still near to the speaker, or in this case the speaker is still love the hearer with her love and her state of grace.
For knowing how the use of deixis affecting the meaning of the whole lyrics it can be seen if the writer omitted the deictic expression of spatial deixis.
“Pierce like a cannon ball” “A state of grace”
The use of spatial deixis in song is to explain where the location of speaker is and it will add the listener knowledge about where the place is. If the song
writer not uses spatial deixis in the song it will be make confusion to the song listener where the location of the speaker is.
Last, kinds of deixis are used by the song writer is temporal deixis, there are „time‟ and „now‟.
“We fall in love „til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time” “Now all we know is don‟t let go”
Deictic expression „time‟ in that lyric is used by the song writer refers to condition where between the song writer and the hearer fall in love until it hurts or
blee ds or fades. Deictic expression „now‟ shows the present time. In the lyrics it is
refers to the time where the song writer and the hearer know that they may not let their love to go.
For knowing how the use of deixis affecting the meaning of the whole lyrics it can be seen if the writer omitted the deictic expression of temporal deixis
“Fall in love „til it hurts or bleeds or fades” “All know is don‟t let go”
The use of temporal deixis in lyrics above is used to point to a time when the moment happens between the song writer and the hearer. Without use deictic
expression the listener of song will be not understand the meaning of song lyrics, the listener will be not know who the speaker is, where the place is, when the time
is, and the meaning of song will be different. The use of deixis in the lyrics, affect the meaning of the whole lyrics. With use the deixis all of the meaning in song
lyrics will be understood easier.
2. Red
