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together, the author decides to break up with the lover. Consequently , “When I was
one half of two” means when the author used to be together and being of the lover’s
life in the past
i. Table 4.26. Lexical Semantics of the Word One Half of Two
ii. Metaphor
One half of two An equal part of two
Being the part of someone’s life
C. Metaphor Contribution to the Theme of the Song
After finding, classifying, discussing the meaning of each metaphor, this study continues to determine the theme of the song by seeing the meaning of the
metaphor.
1. Theme in “Brave”
The theme of this song is “Be Brave to speak up the truth” because this
song tells people not to just in silent because someone is in low position. The metaphor “Bow down to the mighty” proves that people are afraid to speak about
the truth because they are afraid with someone that they thought in the higher position.
The phrase “you can turn a phrase into weapon or a drug” reminds people, to be wise to speak because it might insult or make peace. The chorus is an obvious
Lexical Semantic Signifier
one half of two Signified
an equal part of two
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hint to conclude the theme of this song. “Say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out, honestly I wanna see you be brav
e” is the line that the author creates to encourage the audience to be brave to speak.
2. Theme in “Love Song”
The theme of this song is “heartache in romance” because this song shows
that the girl is not happy with the relationship and the lover just hurting the girl his attitude.
The line “I’m not gonna write you a love song” is showing that the girl does not have a reason to love the lover any longer. The line “if you on your own
way ” support, that the man is self-centered. The lover does not want to understand
the girl. The line “I’m trying to let you hear as I am” also support that the girl is not happy with the lover. The
line “I’ll walk seven seas” seems like the girl is really hope that the man will change for her that is why the girl will do anything for that.
3. Theme in “King of Anything”
The theme of this song is “Self-centered lover”. In this song, the lover never
listens to the girl’s opinion. The lover also rules too much about the girl life. The
line “so many things I’d say if only I were able” shows that the girl never gets the chance to be listened to the lover. This behavior is unacceptable because it is self-
centered. The metaphor “who died and made you king of anything” proves that the
girl feels the man is controlling too much and the girl should obey since “king” represent a man with absolute power. King’s order must be obeyed. This shows the
bad behavior of the lover also the metaphor “ride off into your delusional sunset” is one prove that the man has orders to be obeyed by the girl.
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4. Theme in “Gravity”
The theme of this song is “Failed to move on”. This song is about the girl
who is actually still in love with the lover, but still thinks about the lover. The metaphor “you hold me without touch” proves that the girl still has the lover in her
mind. The metaphor means the presence while the love is not there. The presence of the lover is limited in her mind. Therefore, it is clearly that she cannot move on
or cannot get over from the lover even their rel ationship is over. The metaphor “than
to drown in your love ” proves that the girl is still in love with the lover so much.
5. Theme in “Manhattan”
The theme of this song is “giving up in a relationship”. The chorus of the
song is supported to conclude a theme for this song. The metaphor “you can have
Manhattan, because I can’t have you” proves that the girl wants to see her lover has
a great future because she thinks her relationship will not be working out if she continue it. It is also proved in the lin
e “hang onto the reverie, could you do that for me?
” This line show that the girl really wants the lover has another opportunity or chasing after the dreams.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
The analysis has done in the previous chapter, and this chapter presents the conclusion based on the analysis. This present study classifies the metaphor that are
found in the song lyrics. Those classifications are dead metaphors and live metaphors. Dead metaphor or familiar with idiom are found 5 in lyrics. Live
metaphors are found in 16 lyrics from free metaphors. The results are this study uses the classification to define the meaning of the
metaphor. The writer found there are 21 metaphors in Sara Bareilles’s songs. As
the analysis in previous chapter, metaphors are classified as two classifications which are dead and live metaphor. There are 5
dead metaphors in Sara Bareilles’s songs. The meaning of dead metaphors can be found in several famous dictionary,
and they have fixed meanings because they already became part of English language in the society because the society has been familiar with them. There are
16 live metaphors that have different meanings in each song. The limitation of the listeners are when they know a metaphor, they can only guess the meaning and
relate them with another phrase in the songs. As the result, live metaphor meaning is wide-ranging. This present study used dictionary, online source, and some literal
texts that influence in order to define the meaning of the metaphor. The discussion of how the meaning of live metaphor are interpreted by comparing the meaning by
the context of the songs. Live metaphor cannot be found in famous dictionary. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Dead metaphor and live metaphor have their own contribution to create the theme of the song. The meaning of live metaphors are found by comparing the
literal meaning in dictionary and the context of the song, so it can be transferred and transformed new meaning as metaphors. The meaning of them can give some
elements to form an angle of the story of the song, and finally create one theme for each song. As those metaphors already explained in chapter IV, theme can be
developed by the metaphors contribution and the whole lyrics meaning. The theme of the songs are the goal for this study. Th
e theme for “Brave” is “Be Brave to speak the truth
”, the theme for “Love Song” is “Heartache in relationship”, the theme for “king of Anything” is “Self-centered Lover”, the theme for “gravity” is “Failed to
move on ”, and the theme for “Manhattan” is “Giving up in a relationship”.
In the end of this study, the writer hopes that the goal of this study has reached which will make the listeners
get clearer meaning of 5 Sara Breailles’s songs.
