as a recording artist. Finally, she signed to Nettwerk two years later before having written a single song. Sarah Mclachlan married her drummer, Ashwin
Sood, in Jamaica on 1997, while she was pregnant, in Desember 2001, her mother died from cancer. On April 6, 2002 she gave birth to daughter, India
Ann Sushil Sood, in Vancover.At that time she had already complete three quarters of production on her next album. She gave birth her second daughter
namely Taja Summer Sood in Vancover on June 22, 2007. However, in September 2008, Sarah Mclachlan announced her separation from Ashwin
Sood and they divorced in the same year.
3.4 Data Analysis
The analysis of the songs was done by classifying the words or phrases into their types of metaphorical expression according to Lakoff
and Johnson’s theory and classifying the metaphorical expression found in the song
according to Leech’ theory of meaning. There are three types of metaphorical expressions can be found in the data. They are structural metaphor,
orientational metaphor and ontological metaphor.
3.5 Structural Metaphor
From the data analyzed, there are several lines found having structural metaphor. Structural metaphor is a kind of metaphor that in which one
concept is metaphorically structured in terms of another Lakoff and Johnson, 1980: 3-9.
3.5.1 Structural Metaphor in “Angel” song lyrics
The lines found in the data having structural metaphor are as follows: 1
And it’s hard at the end of the day 2
Fly away from here 3
So tired of the straight line 4
You keep on building the lies 5
It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
In order to have profound discussion, each line is explained to classify the types of metaphorical expressions used according to Lakoff and Johnson’s
theory. Afterwards, the m eaning is discussed under Leech’s theory of
meaning.
3.5.1.1 And it’s hard at the end of the day
Structural metaphor is found in line 6 in data 2, “And it’s hard at the end of the day”. The phrase stating that the metaphor is “end of the day”. It
is because the word “day” that means a period of 24 hours, especially from 12 o’clock one night to 12 o’clock the next night, according to definition by
Walter 2008, cannot have an “end”. “End” means the point in space or time after which something no longer exists, or a part of something that
includes this point Walter, 2008. Therefore, in this case, this line is analogized as if “day” is a space which has a starting point and a last point.
As the result, the last point stating in the phrase means the last point in time,
