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In literal meaning, the lyric “I’ll walk the seven seas” means someone will walk in one sea to another sea until he or she reached the seventh sea. This is
impossible, since no one can walk in the water like Jesus did. In the context of the song, the lyric means the girl is willing to do everything she could if she is really
in love with the man. It is supported by the following words that come up after the metaphor, which is “I’ll walk the seven seas when I believe that there’s a reason
to write you a love song today”. The words “…when I believe that there’s a reason to write you a love song today” support that she does not really fall in love with
the man. In conclusion
, the metaphor “I’ll walk the seven seas” is like a promise to the man that the girl will do everything if she really does love the man.
i. Table 4.13.
Lexical Semantics of the Word Seven Seas
ii. Metaphor
Seven Seas salty water that
covers much of the earths surface An act to do everything for the one that someone loves
3. Metaphor in “King of Anything”
King of anything is Sara Bareilles third single in the album “Kaleidoscope heart
”. This song is released on May 10
th
, 2010. This song is nominated for 53
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Lexical Semantic Signifier
Seven Seas Signified
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Grammy awards 2011. This song tells about a girl ’s mind about her partner that is
ruled everything in her life. The man has many plans for a girl, but all of his plan is made by him without the girl contribute her own plan. In this song, there are three
metaphors. Here are the metaphor: a.
“Ride off into your delusional sunset”
As a live metaphor, “delusional sunset” needs to be compared with literal meaning and the context to know the real meaning of the metaphor. In literal,
“delusional sunset” means impossible the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins, according to
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. The word “delusion” can be also
a false belief about yourself or the situation someone is in. This means that someone think that the world will not have sunset in literal.
In the context of the song, “delusional sunset” means a false hope. According to
Penguin Dictionary of Symbol , “sunset” is the symbol of hope or
expectation of someone. Sunset is described as the turnover of one thing to another thing. In daily life, sunset often describe as a time that is beautiful in the evening
before the sky changed to dark. In the song, “sunset” comes along with “delusional”
that change the meaning into something bad. It becomes someone that is promised a big thing so other but they keep their own words.
“Delusional Sunset” is coming up after “ride off into” which represents that the girl should come with the boy. “Ride off into your delusional sunset” means the
girl should be with the man to do something that is impossible in the future for their relationship. It is supported with the lyrics that come up before the metaphor. In the
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good in his own way tha t the girl has to come up with by the lyric “you sound so
innocent, all full of good intent, swear you know the best ”. The lyric “But you expect
me to….” proves that the man force the girl to obey whatever he wants. i.
Table 4.14. Lexical Semantics of the Word Delusional Sunset
ii. Metaphor
Delusional Sunset impossible time of day when sun fades and night begins False Hope
b.
“You’re so busy making maps with my name on them in all caps”
Lexically, maps is a drawing of a particular part of the such as city or country, or even world according to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5
th
Edition. In daily experience people make a map to making a plan to build a city or find a place near them.
As what have been classified, “You’re so busy making
maps with my name on them in all caps
” is an example of live metaphor. This metaphor was created by the creativity of the author in making a lyric and composed
it in to a song. People can easily make a new metaphor in a context because live metaphor is unlimited to everyone.
In the context o f the song, “maps” means plans to someone’s future. The
man has plans in his relationship this is proved by the word “you” in the lyrics. Lexical Semantic
Signifier Delusional Sunset
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“You” is aimed to the lover of the author. Since the author is a woman, it is really obvious that the lover is a man.
“You’re so busy making maps with my name on
them in all caps ” means the man is making plan for their future that are need to be
happened but the girls does not have the contribution on making the “maps” itself. It is supported by the lyrics “I’m not the one who’s lost, with no direction, oh, but
you’ll never see”.
In literal, “you’re so busy making maps with my name on them in all caps”
means someone is busy making a drawing of a city or a country with his girlfriend name in capital letters. The meaning in literal and when it is transferred have
significant difference. There are no connection between the meaning in dictionary and meaning in metaphor. Thus, maps is not represent a drawing of a city or a
country, but more like it represents plans for couple future. i.
Table 4.15. Lexical Semantics of the Word Maps
ii. Metaphor
Maps a drawing of city or country
A plan for the couple’s future Lexical Semantic
Signifier Maps
Signified a drawing of a city or a country
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c.
“Who died and made you king of anything”
There are so many versions of this metaphor. In this lyric, the metaphors are “died” and “king of anything”. The rest is common phrase that is people to show
sarcasm. This phrase is commonly used to show hatred towards someone. According to The Big Apple, this phrase is an old phrase, it has been used since at
least 1940. There are so many versions of this according to the site, but this is a live metaphor because there is no idiom dictionary or other source that has specific and
exact meaning of this phrase. In dictionary “died” mean no longer exist while “king
of anything ” means the ruler of anything. As the “king” and followed by “of” itself
means someone or something that people think is the most important or best of a particular type of person or thing according to Longman Dictionary of
Contemporary English. Lexically, the metaphor means who is replacing the ruler of anything.
In the context of the song, “who died and made you king of anything” means
person that is ruling someone’s life too much. In the song, the girl is tired of the
man that pushed her to do whatever his orders are. The context of the song supports the meaning of the metaphor. The line “so you dare tell me who to be” is supporting
that the man is ruling the girl too much. In addition, the literal meaning and transferred meaning are a bit different.
They both have same mean in terms of “a person who rules” but they has different
subject. The word “king” becomes the significant word that the girls must obey
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