An Analysis of Contextual Meaning of Songs by
Shane
Filan
THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Degree of English Department Faculty of Letters and Humanities State Islamic University
Sunan Ampel Surabaya
By:
Maya Dewi Lestari
NIM: A83212169
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES
ABSTRACT
Lestari, Maya D. (2016) An Analysis Contextual Meaning of Songs by Shane
Filan. English Department, Faculty of Letters and
Humanities, State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
The Advisor : Dr. A. Dzo’ul Milal, M.Pd.
Key words : Semantic, types of context, contextual meaning
This research deals with the analysis contextual meaning of songs by Shane Filan for explains the context found in his song. This research constructed by some problems whether described types of context used and explained it into contextual meaning of song by Shane Filan. Focus of this research is describing of context found in contextual meaning devices. Hopefully, this research will give the advantages for the students of English Department and others, in particularly to help them more understand the meaning of a song through contextual meaning devices, especially in songs of Shane Filan.
This research used descriptive method because it is used to describe the context found in song of Shane Filan. The data were taken from two albums of Shane Filan, You and Me (2013) and Right Here (2015), those are Everything to Me, About You, Knee Deep in My Heart, Everytime, You and Me, I Could Be, Right Here, Beautiful To Me, I Can’t Get Over You, and Me and The Moon. The tenth of song is the popular song from 23 songs both of two albums by Shane Filan. After collecting the data, the writer read and searched the words, phrases, or sentences that included in contextual meaning, then gave the circle to the context and the underline to the supporting context.
ABSTRAK
Lestari, Maya D.(2016) Analisis Makna Kontekstual dalam lagu-lagu dari
Shane Filan. Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas
Adab dan Humaniora, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
Dosen Pembimbing : Dr. A. Dzo’ul Milal, M.Pd.
Kata Kunci : Semantik, Macam-macam konteks, Makna Kontekstual
Penelitian ini berhubungan dengan analisa perangkat kontekstual untuk menjelaskan makna-makna konteks yang terdapat dalam lagu Shane Filan. Ada beberapa rumusan masalah yang mendasari penelitian ini, yaitu konteks-konteks apa saja yang terdapat di lagu-lagu dari Shane Filan dan menjelaskan konteks-konteks tersebut berdasarkan makna konteks-kontekstualnya. Fokus dari analisa ini tertuju pada penjelasan konteks yang telah ditemukan dalam lagu tersebut melalui penjelasan makna kontekstual. Merupakan suatu kebanggaan apabila penelitian ini dapat bermanfaat bagi mahasiswa Prodi Sastra Inggris maupun program studi lain terutama untuk lebih memahami makna dalam sebuah lagu melalui teori makna kontekstual, khususnya dalam lagu dari Shane Filan.
Analisa dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif karena hal ini untuk mendeskripsikan makna-makna kontektual yang terkandung dalam lagu dari Shane Filan. Data yang diambil adalah Everything to Me, About You, Knee Deep in My Heart, Everytime, You and Me, I Could Be, Right Here, Beautiful To Me, I Can’t Get Over You, and Me and The Moon bersumber dari dua album Shane Filan yaitu You and Me (2013) dan Right Here (2015). Kesepuluh lagu tersebut adalah lagu-lagu yang paling populer dari 23 lagu yang ada dalam dua album Shane Filan. Setelah mengumpulkan data kesepuluh lagu dari Shane Filan, peneliti membaca dan mencari kata, frasa, atau kalimat yang mengandung makna kontekstual, kemudian memberikan tanda berupa lingkaran untuk kata-kata yang mengandung konteks dan garis untuk pendukung dari konteks tersebut.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Inside Cover Page ... i
Inside Tittle Page ... ii
Declaration Page ... iii
Thesis Advisor’s Page ... iv
Thesis Examiner’s Approval Page ... v
Motto ... vi
Dedication Page ... vii
Acknowledgement ... vii
1.2 Statement of problems... 6
1.3 Objectives of the study ... 7
1.4 Significance of the study ... 7
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 7
1.6 Definition of key term ... 8
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Semantics ... 10
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Approach ... 25
3.2 Data and Data Source ... 25
3.3 Techniques of Data Collection ... 27
3.4 Techniques of Data Analysis ... 28
4.1.2 Song 2: About you ... 33
4.1.3 Song 3: Knee deep in my heart ... 34
4.1.4 Song 4: Everytime ... 39
4.1.5 Song 5: You and me ... 43
4.1.6 Song 6: I can’t get over you ... 44
4.1.7 Song 7: Me and the moon ... 45
4.1.8 Song 8: I could be ... 47
4.1.9 Song 9: Right here ... 49
4.1.10 Song 10: Beautiful to me ... 50
4.2 Discussion ... 51
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusion ... 54
5.2 Suggestions ... 55
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 57 APPENDIX
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CHAPTER I
INRODUCTION
This section includes background of study, statement of problem,
objectives of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of key term. Each of the items is discussed clearly as follow:
1.1 Background of study
Language is a system of communication in speech and writing used
by people of particular country (Oxford 2008: 247). According to Wardhaugh, he said that language is a system of verbal symbol which is
used by the member of certain society speak to convey their messages to others (2006: 3). As we know, one of the important functions of language is for communication. We can communicate or deliver our message by using
language. It also can be a tool for sharing our knowledge and information with others.
Language has very important role of communication in human life. We use language as a tool to express ideas, feelings and to build relationship with other people. People cannot do their activities well without language.
By using language, we can describe our feelings and emotions easier than using other elements. We cannot respond or react if we do not understand
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know everything in this world because we cannot communicate with other
people.
Actually, communication is a social process. It is not only spoken and written but also various actions. Communication is an activity by
expressing ideas and feeling or giving people information (Oxford 2008: 84). Sometimes, people convey their feeling not only by direct
communication or direct language, but it can be communication by song, poem, and etc.
According to Kreidler, Semantics is the systematic study of
meanings, and Linguistic semantic is the study of how language organizes and express meanings (1998: 3). In addition, semantics focuses on the
meaning of words, phrases or sentences in the language. The meaning of phrases or sentences depends on the meaning of the words and the structure. Semantics is quite important not only for those who want to communicate
but also for better communication in the society. Semantics also can be used to understand a literary work like songs.
Abdul Chaer said that kinds of meaning include lexical meaning, grammatical meaning and contextual meaning, referential and non referential meaning, denotative and connotative meaning, conceptual and
associative meaning, and lexeme (2007:289). In addition to Charles W. Kreidler, the dimensions of meaning include reference and denotation,
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One of the kinds of semantics meaning that used in this thesis is contextual
meaning.
Contextual meaning is the meaning of a lexeme or word inside a context. The contextual meaning could be regarded to the situation, where
the time, the language usage environment. According to Mansoer Pateda, he said if the words that can find the meaning while they are already inside a
sentence. It is a word which bound with the context. It would have a meaning if the word accompanied with others word, like in front or in behind word (2010: 147). There are some contexts, such as context organs,
situation, purpose, the speaker or listener’s mood, time, place, object, and meaning the language used. Contextual meaning also finds in literary work.
Literary work is an imaginative or creative writing of people.
There are many kinds of literary works, such as poem, drama, prose, novel, and soon. Sometimes, poem can created to be a song that has
meaning in every stanza. Song is short piece of music with words that you sing (Oxford 2008: 423). According to social media (www.wikipedia.com),
Song is a form of artistic expression based on sound, generally regarded as a single work (and often standalone) music with different pitches and fixed, pattern, and shape. The written word is made specifically for music or that
music specifically created so that called the lyrics.
Lyric is an expression direct personal feeling of or for singing
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The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are,
however, usually known as a “libretto” and their writer, as a “librettist”. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form,
articulation, meter, and symmetry of expression (www.wikipedia.com). The writer chose songs of Shane Filan as the object of the research.
Shane Filan is an Irish singer and songwriter. He was one of the lead singers and frontman of Irish boy band Westlife until the group disbanded in 2012. Shane Filan released his debut solo album, “You and Me”, in 2013. Filan
followed the success of his debut solo album “You and Me” with extensive solo touring throughout the UK, Ireland and Asia. When it came to working
on the follow-up, his priority was to find a song with the scintillating spark that inspired Flying Without Wings and You Raise Me Up. The aims of Shane Filan, he said, was to record “that great song that everyone all over
the world knows.” In this year (2015), he released new album, it is “Right Here”.
The writer chose song as the reseach object for several reasons. First, song is one of the objects that can express the human feelings. Everyone like listen to music and sing a songs for refreshing their mind, after their
exhausting day of activity. Second, a song has some gender that can be a character identity of people. Third, a song can influence the listener moods,
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same with their life or something is happening to them. It is also as a
medium of communication or expression to convey what the listener feels. The special reason of the researcher chose song in this thesis because song is one of literary works that is useful for expressing idea and tool for
give some advice or positive message. Shane Filan is the singer chose of the researcher, because in previous study already research about the singer
Demi Lovato used the theories lexical and grammatical meaning and Iwan Fals used the theories figurative meaning. From that reason the writer interested to analyze songs of Shane Filan that used theories contextual
meaning, the researcher not yet finds a research about contextual meaning of song and used the data by Shane Filan.
The researcher chose Shane Filan’s songs as the object of this thesis because his song is very interesting to analyze the meaning of lyric, then examine and research in more detail. The researcher took ten songs in album
“You and Me” and “Right Here”. The reason of choosing that singer is that the researcher has a special reason. The lyrics are inspired by his personal
life, especially about love story. As the researcher knew in social media (amazon.co.uk) there are many people in the world like Filan’s song, not only women but also men because his song is fun, has beautiful lyrics, and
makes the hearer fun when they listen his songs and also understand the meaning of lyrics. The important thing in Filan’s songs is that lyric has
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Based on the explanation above, the researcher chose semantic
analysis especially contextual meaning to analyze Shane Filan’s songs which is focused on album “You and Me” and “Right Here”. Every word in lyrics has a meaning not only lexical meaning, but also sometimes that word
has contextual meaning. Contextual meaning of a word can influence the meaning that word mentioned from the word in front or behind of that word.
For example, “beautiful in white” (is one of the title Filan song’s) that has contextual meaning which is white. The word “white” in this song not only has the part of colour meaning, but also its means white wedding dress that
wear by a women in her wedding party. Because before “white” there is word in front of that is “beautiful”.
In this thesis, the researcher analyzed those songs with semantic theory, specifically contextual meaning. This thesis was beneficial to give the reference for English Department students, especially for those who
want to conduct the research in the same field. The second purpose is to inform about the meaning in every context to the listener or the reader. It
also gives a new knowledge to the readers that interested with semantic especially contextual meaning. The writer expects that this research will give more information and references to increase the reader’s knowledge
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1.2 Statement of Problem
Based on the background of the study, the following of problems of the study are formulated below:
1. What are the contexts used in the lyric of Shane Filan songs?
2. What the contextual meaning are found in the contexts used in the lyric of Shane Filan songs?
1.3 Objectives of The Study
Based on problems above, the objectives in this thesis are:
1. To describe the contexts used in the lyrics of Shane Filan songs 2. To describe the contextual meanings are found in the contexts used
in the lyrics of Shane Filan songs
1.4 Significance of The Study
The researcher hopes that this thesis was useful anyone who wants to appreciate the literary work especially songs. This thesis provided better and
clearer understanding on the contextual meaning in the song lyrics. Especially, the study of contextual meaning in Shane Filan songs.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
In this thesis the researcher focused on contextual meaning in
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The researcher gave limitation in this thesis on ten lyrics of Shane
Filan songs in album “You and Me” and “Right Here”. The researcher chose two albums of Shane Filan, because he already has two albums for this time after he was disbanded from Westlife in 2012. From that album,
the researcher chose five songs from album “You and Me” and five songs from album “Right Here”. The titles are “Everything to Me, About You,
Knee Deep in My Heart, Everytime, You and Me, I Could Be, Right Here,
Beautiful To Me, I Can’t Get Over You, and Me and The Moon”.
The reason chose ten songs from two albums of Shane Filan,
because the researcher found in website (www.amazon.co.uk) if many people like ten songs from twenty three songs of Shane Filan. It could see
from the higher grade of songs and the commentary of people who download and listen to the ten songs than other songs.
1.6 Definition of Key Term
Contextual meaning is the meaning of a lexeme or word inside a
context. The contextual meaning could be regarded to the situation, where the time, the language usage environment. According to Mansoer Pateda, he said if the words that can find the meaning while they are already inside a
sentence. It is a word which bound with the context. It would have a meaning if the word accompanied with others word, like in front or in
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situation, purpose, the speaker or listener’s mood, time, place, object, and
meaning the language used.
Song is short piece of music with words that you sing (Oxford 2008: 423). Lyric is an expression direct personal feeling of or for singing (words
of a song) (Oxford 2008: 264).
Shane Filan has a complete name Shane Steven Filan. He is an Irish
singer and songwriter. He was one of the lead singers and frontman of Irish boy band Westlife until the group disbanded in 2012. Shane Filan released his debut solo album, You and Me, in 2013 and his second album Right
Here, in 2015. He also released a book “My Side Of Life” in Feb, 2015. It is about his autobiography.
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review contains theoretical framework and previous
research of this study. The theories of semantic, figurative meaning, contextual meaning, connotation and denotation, lexical meaning,
grammatical meaning, and types of context were used to analyze the data and can be used as a foundation of theoretical framework.
2.1 Semantics
Semantics is part of linguistics that deals with the study of meaning.
According to Kreidler, Semantics is the systematic study of meanings, and linguistic semantics is the study of how languages organize and express meanings (1998:3). It means that, meaning in linguistic semantic is needed
to limit ourselves to the expression of meanings in a single language. Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Although it can be
conceived as concerned with meaning in general, it is often confined to those aspects which are relatively stable and context-free, in contrast to pragmatics, which is concerned with meaning variation and context bound.
In constructing a meaning, a word may have more than one meaning, not only literal but also based on its context of word in a sentence. A context
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sentence. It is a word which bound with the context. It would have a
meaning if the word accompanied with others word in front or behind of the word.
There are some kinds of meaning based on the context in semantics,
such as figurative meaning and contextual meaning, connotation and denotation, lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. Those are semantic
theories which used to analyze meaning in the lyric of songs.
2.1.1 Figurative Meaning
Figurative meaning is non-literal meaning because it has transferred meaning from literal meaning. Figurative meaning in a song
could make the hearer confused and try to imagine what the real meaning of it.
Figurative expression or non-literal meaning that connotes
additional layers of meaning. When the human receive a message, the mind must interpret the data to convert it into meaning. This set of
memories will give prominence to the most common or literal meanings, but also suggest reasons for attributing different meanings
2.1.2 Contextual Meaning
Contextual meaning is the meaning of a lexeme or word inside a
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term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its
explanation. According to Sekhar Dash, she said:
I have used the term context to refer to an immediate linguistic environment (rarely detached or isolated) in which a particular word occurs. Since it is not always explicit, it may be hidden within the neighboring members of a word used in a piece of text. If we cannot extract the information relevant to the meaning of a word from its immediate linguistic environment, we need to take into account the topic of discussion as sphere of necessary information. (2008, vol. 5, no. 2, p.22)
From the quotation above, when a word is used in a piece of text, it
usually has only one meaning, but sometimes it has meaning variation depending on the topic of discussion. We must know the hidden meaning
of word to provide useful information for understanding meaning in a sentence or phrase based on context meaning.
Contextual meaning is the meaning according to the context in a
sentence. According to Requejo, contextual meaning is that whenever a linguistic expression cannot be straightforwardly interpreted, we turn to
context to find some extra cues in order to get the right meaning (2007, vol.7(1), p.171). It means that, context is used here in its broadest sense, since anything around a particular word can potentially affect its
meaning.
According to Mansoer Pateda, contextual meaning could be
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relationship between speech and context (2010: 116). Contextual
meaning is the meaning according to the context.
2.1.3 Connotation
Connotation refers to personal associations produced by words. Connotation is stimulating and evocative senses, feelings, attitudes,
judgments, and beliefs as well as certain purposes. It can be individually and collectively. Connotative meaning is additional or associated meaning, which is attached to the denotative or conceptual meaning. It
consists of associations made with a concept whenever that concept is referred to.
Connotative meaning is the communicative value of an expression over and above its purely conceptual content. It is something that goes beyond mere referent of a word and hints at its attributes in the real
world. It is something more than the dictionary meaning.
If we compared connotative meaning with denotative meaning is
that connotations are relatively unstable, because connotative has different meaning depend on situation we used. Although the language that speakers used is exactly the same with conceptual framework, but
each of them has individual perception of words. Connotative meaning indefinite and open in the same way as our knowledge and belief about
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2.1.4 Denotation
Denotation is the objective relationship between a linguistic form and its referent. According to Harimurti (1982:32) in Mansoer Pateda book (2001:98), based on the denotative meaning is straightly
designation on something outside the language or that is based on certain conventions. Denotative meaning is the meaning of what it was.
Denotative meaning is also referred to as a word or group of words which based on straightly relationship between the unit and form language beyond language unit was treated appropriately.
Meaning is more than denotation. Denotative meaning is objectives. Denotation is the original meaning which is appeared first. It
is the logical meaning, which indicates the essential qualities of a concept which distinguish it from other concepts. The aim of denotative meaning is to provide, for any given interpretation of a sentence, a configuration
of abstract symbols, in which shows exactly what we need to know if we are to distinguish that meaning from all other possible sentence meaning
in the language.
2.1.5 Lexical Meaning
Lexical meaning refers to the real meaning, meaning that proper with our sense of observation, or granted meaning. Therefore, many
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meaning is the smallest meaning unit in the meaning system of language
that could be distinguished from other similar units. A lexeme is an abstract unit. It can occur in many different forms of actual spoken or written sentences.
According to Harimurti (1982:103) in Mansoer Pateda book said that lexical meaning is the meaning of the word when is seen in isolation,
either in form or shape lexeme affixes whose meaning more or less fixed, as can be read in a particular language dictionary (2001: 119).
2.1.6 Grammatical Meaning
Grammatical meaning also could be regarded as a structural or
functional meaning, or internal meaning. According to Mansoer Pateda
(2010:103) Grammatical meaning is the meaning that arises as a result of the functioning of word in a sentence. It means that, every language has a grammatical system and different language has somewhat different
grammatical system. Grammatical meaning of a language could be interpreted. It is fixed in accordance with the language user community.
Grammar describes how the words work together to create meaning. It explains how words interact with one another to form larger structures that are capable by expressing such divergent data.
Grammatical meanings are expressed in various ways, such as the arrangement of words or referring expression before the predicate, by
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2.2 Type of context
The meaning of a sentence has more than one meaning if we do not know the context. If a sentence has limited context, the reader or listener will be confused what a meaning reader/listener takes. But if a sentence is
clear in context, the reader or listener will not be confused and they get what we mean.
There are many types of context, but the writer took several types from book and journal that can support this research. According to Miller and Leacock in Sekhar Dash journals, they have classified context into two
types: (a) local context, and (b) topical context. While the local context refers to one or two words immediately before and after the key word (KW)
under investigation, the topical context refers to the topic of the text where the KW has been used. According to these scholars, reference to the two contexts is more or less sufficient in understanding the actual contextual
meaning of the KW used in a text.
In certain readings, information acquired from the local context and
the topical context may be sufficient, but these are not enough for understanding all possible meaning variations of a word. To acquire more information Sekhar Dash argues to classify context into four broad types,
they are local context, sentential context, topical context, and global context. First, local context refers to the immediate environment of the KW in a
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the KW has occurred. It supplies syntactic information to know if the KW
has any explicit or implicit syntactic relation with the other words used in the sentence. Third, topical context refers to the topic of discussion and focuses on the content of a piece of text. Quite often, it is found that the
actual meaning of the KW depends on the topic which has a strong role to alter etymological meaning of the KW. Fourth, global context refers to the
world at large. The meaning of the KW is not only related to the meanings of other words occurring within local context, sentential context, and topical context, but also to extralinguistic reality surrounding the linguistic acts
undertaken by language users. This signifies that understanding the meaning of a verb form under investigation we need to consider of all the elements in
a cognitive interface to realize its denotative, connotative and figurative meaning. (2008, vol. 5, no. 2)
Since the global context builds up a cognitive interface between
language and reality, we often refer to it to understand: who says, what is said, to whom it is said, when it is said, where it is said, why it is said, and
how it is said. Thus, the global context becomes a valuable source of information for meaning disambiguation of words, and it helps us to understand if the KW has any meaning variation, and if so, what it is.
According to Friederike Moltmann, in his journal, he said context plays an important role in the semantics of natural language: many
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expressions in the same or in previous sentences, or background
assumptions shared by the interlocutors. Two kinds of contexts can be roughly distinguished that play an important role in recent semantic theory: external and internal context (as he call them). External notions of context
include utterance contexts and indices (sequences of coordinates that can be shifted in the presence of an intensional operator). Internal contexts consist
in what the interlocutors take for granted in the context of conversation or in other ways driven by the information given in the discourse. External contexts consist features of the outside reality (or some possible reality),
independent of an agent’s propositional attitudes. (2003, p.01)
External and internal contexts differ not only in the way they are
characterized, but also in the way they change, and in the role they play for the meaning of sentences. External contexts differ from internal contexts especially in their behavior with respect to complex sentences. Internal
contexts systematically change with the increase of information in the discourse, both during the utterance of a sequence of sentences and the
utterance of certain complex sentences, namely those with conjunctions, conditionals, or quantifiers. An external context changes, or rather is shifted, only in virtue of the presence of an intensional operator (such as a modal or
temporal operator, or an attitude verb).
Contextual meaning could be regarded to the situation, where the
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Makna kontekstual atau makna situasional muncul sebagai akibat hubungan antara ujaran dan konteks. Sudah diketahui bahwa konteks itu berwujud dalam banyak hal. Koteks yang dimaksud di sini, yakni: (i) konteks orangan, termasuk di sini hal yang berkaitan dengan jenis kelamin, kedudukan pembicara, usia pembicara/pendengar, latar belakang sosial ekonomi pembicara/pendengar; (ii) konteks situasi, misalnya situasi aman, situasi ribut; (iii) konteks tujuan, misalnya meminta, mengharapkan sesuatu; (iv) konteks formal/tidaknya pembicaraan; (v) konteks suasana hati pembicara/pendengar, misalnya takut, gembira, jengkel; (vi) konteks waktu, misalnya malam, setelah magrib; (vii) konteks tempat, apakah tempatnya di sekolah, di pasar, di depan bioskop; (viii) konteks objek, maksudnya apa yang menjadi fokus pembicaraan; (ix) konteks alat kelengkapan bicara/dengar pada pembicara/pendengar; (x) konteks kebahasaan, maksudnya apakah memenuhi kaidah bahasa yang digunakan oleh kedua belah pihak; dan (xi) konteks bahasa, yakni bahasa yang digunakan. (2010: 116)
From quote above, contextual meaning or situational meaning have
eleven context points. There are context of organs, context of situation, context of purpose, formal or informal context in conversation, mood context of speaker or listener, context of time, context of place, object
context, context of completeness in speak or hear from speaker or listener, linguistic context, and context of language.
a. Context of organs
This context include gender, position the speaker, the speaker or the
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means the speaker only said the words that understood by a particular
person. For example, speaker or listener age, a child would not understand if we spoke about politic to them (116).
“Golkar to honor Aburizal with new leading position for willingness
to step down”
b. Context of situation
The situation here include sad situation, safe situation which is the speaker will speak in accordance with the situation happen. For
example, the situation grieving, they will use the word that its significance to be sad, sorry, and give support to be patient in this
situation. They would not speak to offend someone who is grieving, because it can be wounded feeling their families (116).
“He who died had a debt to me”
c. Context of purpose
Context of purpose such as asking or expecting something, people will find the words of the meaning of asking (117).
“Could you give me a book”
d. Formal or informal context in conversation
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example, in a meeting, we must use formal language. If we will refuse
an opinion from someone, we shall not say “your opinion is rejected”. It is informal and impolite language, because it can hurt who give opinion (117).
e. Mood context of speaker or listener
Mood of speaker or listener can influence the word and the meaning of that word too. For example, mood irritated would allow the words appear meaningful irritated or impolite word (117).
f. Context of time
Context of time, such as time go to sleep, time will eat. When a people came to our house in the night, certainly we feel disturbed. The feeling upset that will be seen from the meaning word we use (117).
g. Context of place
For example place in the market, in cinema and etc. It can influence the words and the meaning which is used of people. Based on the example above, the people usually use the word which has meaning
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h. Object context
Object context will influence the word used that focus to something. For example, we will talk about economic. Certainly, we use the words that have meaning or related to economic (118).
i. Context of completeness in speak or hear from speaker or listener
It will influence the meaning of word use. For example, if we want ask to someone but he or she cannot hear clearly, because the ears less good. We will miss communication with them (118).
j. Linguistic context
Linguistics context, it does meet the rules of the language used by both sides. The things are associated with the rules of language which is concerned will affecting the meaning too (118).
k. Context of language
In this context, both of the speaker or listener must understand the language used, because it will influence the whole meaning (118).
Figurative meaning and connotation are same with contextual meaning. They have non-literal meaning, but different in use. The people
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counseled someone. While connotations plays a major role in the language
of literature, of politics, of advertising, and a greeting card.
In this study, the researcher only used contextual meaning to analyzing songs as the object of data. Contextual meaning is the meaning of
words, phrases, sentences based on the context. According to Mansoer Pateda, contextual meaning could be regarded as a situational meaning. It
appears as a result of the relationship between speech and context. A contextual definition is also a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation.
In understanding of song, we must understand the meaning of lyric. If we did not understand the meaning of lyrics, we would not love and enjoy
that song. The researcher chose Mansoer Pateda’s theories about contextual meaning and his eleven types of context. They are context of organs, context of situation, context of purpose, formal or informal context in conversation,
mood context of speaker or listener, context of time, context of place, object context, context of completeness in speak or hear from speaker or listener,
linguistic context, and context of language (2001-116).
2.3 Previous Research
There are many previous studies investigating semantics namely. But, the researcher takes only two previous studies. First, the title is “Semantic
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This study further conducted with the following problems: 1. What are the
kinds of meaning used in Iwan Fals’ songs? 2. What are messages found in Iwan Fals’ songs? In this thesis, she used descriptive qualitative methods to answer the point of utterances used by the singer by describing what the
kinds of meaning used in Iwan Fals’s songs and the messages that exist in Iwan Fals’s songs.
The second is Hidayatul Kholifah (2015), her title is “Lexical and Grammatical Devices to Reveal Theme in Demi Lovato’s Songs.”, thesis English Department, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, State Islamic
University Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This study further conducted with the following problems: 1. What are lexical devices used to reveal the theme of
songs?; 2. What are grammatical devices used to reveal the theme of songs?; 3. What are the themes of Demi Lovato’s songs? In this thesis, she used descriptive qualitative approach to describe and interpret the data and reveal
a theme in a song and explain the context of the song by Demi Lovato through its lexical and grammatical devices.
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter deals with the research methods of the study. It consists of
research approach, data and data source, techniques of data collection, and
techniques of data analysis.
3.1 Research Approach
The writer used descriptive qualitative method in her research. In
analyzing this topic, the writer applied a qualitative research particularly to
describe and interpret the collected data taken from Shane Filan’s albums.
From the data, the writer classified the words, phrases, and sentences into
eleven types of context that are used in each song, then identified them into
contextual meaning and described the meaning. A qualitative method was
appropriate to this study because the aims of this study to find the context in a
lyric and describe the meaning of the lyric through its contextual meaning.
3.2 Data and Data Source
The data sources were the text of lyrics on Shane Filan’s songs. The
data analyzed in this study were words, phrases, and sentences which had
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and “Right Here” in 2015. The following were the sources of the data used by
the writer.
No. Title Album
1. Everything to Me
You and Me
(2013)
2. About You
3. Knee Deep in My Heart
4. Everytime
5. You and Me
6. I Can’t Get Over You
Right Here
(2015)
7. Me and The Moon
8. I Could Be
9. Right Here
10. Beautiful to Me
The writer chose ten songs among twenty three songs based on
different album, because those songs are the most popular song on “You and
Me” and “Right Here” of Filan’s albums (amazon.o.uk). In this case, the writer
took the data from internet (www.azlyrics.com/s/shanefilan) is the focus of the
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3.3 Techniques of Data Collection
In this research, the writer followed some steps to collect the data from
the text of selected songs taken from a website.
First, the writer searched the text of selected songs in a website
(http://www.azlyrics.com/s/shanefilan.html#39434), then printed out it. Second,
the writer searched words, phrases, sentences which include the contextual
meaning in each lyric and gave the sign, such as the circle for the context and
the underlined for the supporting context.
The writer used theories of semantics. They are contextual meaning
and eleven types of context. Contextual meaning is the meaning of words,
phrases, sentences based on the context. It is used to find the meaning in each
lyric of Shane Filan’s song which has the contextual meaning.
There are eleven types of context. They are context of organs, context
of situation, context of purpose, formal or informal context in conversation,
mood context of speaker or listener, context of time, context of place, object
context, context of completeness in speak or hear from speaker or listener,
linguistic context, and context of language. They were used to classify every
context based on the types that can help the writer to find the contextual
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3.4 Techniques of Data Analysis
In analyzing the data, the writer followed some steps, those are:
1. Identifying the words, phrases, sentences in each lyrics based on the
types and giving them different codes
2. Classifying the words, phrases, sentences into the types of context such
as context of organs, object context, mood context of speaker or
listener in each lyric
3. Interpreting the meaning of each context based on contextual meaning
in every lyrics
4. Drawing a conclusion
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CHAPTER IV
FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter consists of finding and discussions. The writer explains
the context found in the song which reveals through type of context and contextual devices that exist in ten selected song of Shane Filan.
4.1 Findings
The data in this research were words, phrases, and sentences which
had contextual meaning from Shane Filan’s songs. There were ten songs as the subject of the research that taken from two albums; You and Me in 2013
and Right Here in 2015 which had different context in each lyric.
In the data collection, the writer searched and gave the signs, such as circles for words, phrases, and sentences which include the contextual
meaning, then the underlined the phrases or sentences that supporting the contextual meaning. After collecting the data, the writer classified the
words, phrases, sentences into the types of context to answer the first problem of the research. Then, the writer described the meaning of each context based on contextual meaning in every lyric to answer the second
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5. Context of time, there is one context that is toes.
6. Object context, there is one context that is figure.
Based on the questions number two in the statement of problems, the
writer interprets and explains the meaning of the words, phrases, or sentences found in each song. The songs are Everything to me, About You,
Knee Deep in My Heart, Everytime, You and Me, I Can’t Get Over You, Me and The Moon, I Could Be, Right Here, and Beautiful to me.
4.1.1 Song 1: Everything to me
The first song is “Everything to me”, in this song there are six
stanzas, first stanza there are eight lines, second stanza there are five lines, third stanza there are five lines, fourth stanza there are eight lines, fifth stanza there are six lines, and sixth stanza there are three lines. In this song
“Everything to me” there are two contexts that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. They are “the picture” and “figure”. The
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4.1.1.1. The Picture
If life is like a jigsaw Where would you start
You think you got the picture Like it's written on your heart You lay out all the pieces One by one
The context “the picture” in lyric “You think you got the picture” that
exists in first stanza in line three. In lexical meaning, “The picture” means drawing, painting, imagined in lexical meaning, but in this song it has different meaning that has contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of
“the picture” is the aim of life. It means there is someone who gets his/her aim of life or fate and tries to create it. The word “the picture” include in
context of purpose. In the first stanza, line one until six are the supporting context of “the picture”. In line one “If life is like a jigsaw”, the speaker imagines if the life is like a jigsaw or puzzle. The speaker wants to know
how the way the listener arranges it. Line two “Where would you start” means where the listener will start to arrange the jigsaw or puzzle. Then,
line three “You think you got the picture” is the aim of arrange a jigsaw, but in this lyric “jigsaw” is the life and “picture” is the aim. The writer can conclude it is the fate, because in the life we must determine the aim of our
life that will to be our fate. In the next line, “Like it's written on your heart”; “You lay out all the pieces”; “One by one” are explaining the lyric before
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4.1.1.2. Figure
Cos I need time to figure this all out What I thought I need
But I understand now
Cause I don't need the sunlight shining on my face And I don't need perfection to have the perfect day I just want to see you happy a smile on your face
Nothing else matters cos you're everything to me, to me, to me... You're everything to me
The context is “figure” in lyric “Cos I need time to figure this all out” that exists in second stanza in line ten. The word “figure” in lexical meaning means the important person in a history, but in this song it has another
meaning that is contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of “figure” is awareness. The speaker was aware if he has someone that he loved and
needed. It can see in the second and third stanza as the supported of “figure”. The context “figure” includes object context in contextual meaning. The supporting context exist in line twelve “What I thought I
need” and line thirteen “But I understand now”, then third stanza “Cause I don't need the sunlight shining on my face”; “And I don't need perfection to
have the perfect day”; “I just want to see you happy a smile on your face” that lyrics support explanation about awareness of the speaker. The next line “Nothing else matters cos you're everything to me, to me, to me..”; “You're
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4.1.2 Song 2: About You
The second song is “About You”, in this song there are five stanzas, first stanza there are seven lines, second stanza there are seven lines, third stanza there are eight lines, fourth stanza there are seven lines, and fifth
stanzas there are four lines. In this song “About You” there are two contexts that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. They are “the
world” and “caught”. The writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzes.
4.1.2.1 The World
Some days you don't feel beautiful, Some days you wanna change it all. You don't understand it's plain to see, You're just the way you're meant to be. I’d change the world and make it new
The context “the world” in lyric “I’d change the world and make it new” exists in fourth stanza in line twenty seven. “The World” in lexical meaning means the earth, its countries and people, but in this lyric it has
contextual meaning too. The contextual meaning of “the world” is the condition. It means that the speaker wants change the condition and thinking
of someone who speaker love, because this situation she does not feel beautiful and belief herself. The context “the world” includes in context of situation. The supporting context can sees in fourth stanza in line twenty
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you wanna change it all” is about someone of the speaker. “You” in those
lyric refers to a woman who don’t feels beautiful and want changes herself. The next line as the supporting “the world”, in line twenty five “You don't understand it's plain to see” and twenty six “you're just the way you're
meant to be”, it refers to the feel of the speaker, he feels sad because his someone does not belief herself. He wants to change the condition of that
girls, the condition in here is about the belief of a woman if she is beautiful.
4.1.2.2 Caught
Those are the things that caught my heart But some day you wake up
and feel like you need love, you can't see your smile, your eyes not the way that I do
The context “caught” in lyric “Those are the things that caught my heart” exists in sixth stanza in line forty. The word “Caught” is past tense of the word catch. The lexical meaning of “caught” means stop and hold
something moving, especially in the hand. But in contextual meaning, “caught” has different meaning from it. The contextual meaning is hurt. It
means the speaker feels sad when someone of speaker does not happy. The context “caught” includes in mood context of speaker or hearer. The lyric identifies “caught” as hurt that exist in third stanza. The third stanza is
chorus of this song that includes the supporting context. They are “But some day you wake up”; “and feel like you need love”; “you can't see your
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makes the speaker feel sad. In lyric “Those are the things that caught my
heart” it means the speaker heart is hurt when he hear his someone does not happy. “Those are” in those lyric refers to third stanza as chorus of this song.
4.1.3 Song 3: Knee Deep in My Heart
The third song is “Knee Deep in My Heart”, in this song there are five stanzas, first stanza there are eight lines, second stanza there are three lines, third stanza there are seven lines, fourth stanza there are eight lines,
and fifth stanza there are two lines. In this song “Knee Deep in My Heart” there are four contexts that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of
the song. They are “fingerprints”, “knee deep”, “crime”, and “hell”. The writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.3.1 Fingerprints
You left your fingerprints All over my soul
I never saw it coming You took me by surprise
“Fingerprints” is the context of this song. In lexical meaning it means mark made by a finger when pressed on a surface. But “fingerprints” in this song has different meaning, that is contextual meaning. The contextual
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fourth stanza. In second stanza, line two “You left your fingerprints” and
line three “All over my soul” those are explain if the speaker feels still the shadow in his soul from someone of speaker. It means the speaker can’t forget the memory of his someone. The next supporting context can see in
fourth stanza, in line one “I never saw it coming” and line two “You took me by surprise”. Those explain about disbelief of the speaker. The pronoun
“it” in lyric “I never saw it coming” refers to first stanza in line five until eight. They explain about the feel of speaker when he did not know and unbelieving about love, but then he believed someone.
I heard about this love thing But I still needed proof 'Cause I believed in nothing 'Til I believed in you
Those lyric includes in mood context of speaker or hearer. The mood of speaker always imagines with someone who makes him fall in love.
4.1.3.2 Knee Deep
I caught you out red handed Knee deep in my heart When I was upside down
Spinning round and round and round in the dark Act so sweet but you're guilty as charged
The context “knee deep” in lyric “Knee deep in my heart” exists in third stanza as the chorus and it also the title of this song. “Knee deep”
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“Knee deep” means conquering, and “Knee deep in my heart” means a
someone of speaker is already conquering the speaker heart. That meaning includes in contextual meaning. The supporting context of “knee deep” there is in the lyric after, in line three “When I was upside down” and line
four “Spinning round and round and round in the dark” that means when the speaker feels aimless and confused. Then, “Act so sweet but you're guilty as
charged” means someone acts so sweet as if there is no something happen, but she already makes the speaker falling in love with her. In line six “I caught you out red handed”, it means the speaker already finds someone
who loved and conquering the speaker heart. “Knee deep” includes context of purpose, because it focus on the speaker who has made falling in love by
someone.
4.1.3.3 Crime
'Cause you ain't done the cover Without an alibi
You done the perfect crime girl
The context “crime” in lyric “you done the perfect crime girl” exists in fourth stanza in line five. The context of “crime” in contextual meaning
means a trick, because she does the trick with perfectly and can makes the speaker does not aware with the happen. The girl successful hides the way
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but it is the nickname of the girl who made the speaker falling in love with
her. The meaning of “crime” in this lyric includes context of organs in contextual meaning, because only a particular person who understood the meaning of this context.
4.1.3.4 Hell
Now I wanna do the time 'Cause I got no defense but hell I'm gonna walk the line
Not the day the sweetest freedom Not by what I believe in
The context “hell” in lyric “’Cause I got no defense but hell” exists in
fourth stanza in line seven. The contextual meaning of “hell” means love. The supporting context “hell” there is the sentence “'Cause I got no defense” that means the speaker cannot avoid if he is already trapped in a love with
someone. In fourth stanza in line six “Now I wanna do the time” is the supporting of “Hell” if the speaker feels trapped and wants to do something
with the time. In line eight “I'm gonna walk the line”, it explains the speaker wants to get his love. The next stanza, in line one “Not the day the sweetest freedom” and line two “Not by what I believe in”, those includes in context
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4.1.4 Song 4: Everytime
The fourth song is “Everytime”, in this song there are five stanzas, first stanza there are six lines, second stanza there are three lines, third stanza there are six lines, fourth stanza there are six lines, and fifth stanza
there are five lines. In this song “Everytime” there are three contexts that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. They are “You
bring the thunder when you’re mad”, “racing”, and “toes”. The writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.4.1 You bring the thunder when you’re mad
You bring the thunder when you’re mad And when you say you want me here and now No matter where we are,
I love love love it
The sentence “you bring the thunder when you’re mad” exists in first
stanza line five. In these lyric “thunder” means enthusiasm and an aura of happiness, then “mad” means mad in love. Therefore, the contextual
meaning of “you bring the thunder when you’re mad” in these lyric means someone feels enthusiasm and has an aura of happiness when she is mad in love with him (the speaker). It includes in context of purpose in contextual
meaning and in this context refers to the listener. The supporting context can sees in the next stanza that is second stanza, line one “and when you say
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“I love love love it” that explains if the speaker and his someone fall in love
and they always wants together.
4.1.4.2 Racing
And oh, my heart is racing the way we kiss is liberating it feels like we invented love yeah I’m breathing faster
and I might need to sit down after it feels like we invented love, every time.
The word “racing” in lexical meaning means competition of speed,
but in this song “racing” has another meaning that is contextual meaning. “Racing” exists in third stanza in line one “and oh, my heart is racing” which is this stanza as the chorus of song “Everytime”. In contextual
meaning, the word “racing” means sensation of pounding and “and oh, my heart is racing” means the heart of speaker feels sensation of pounding when
he together with someone loved. In line four “yeah I’m breathing faster” and line five “and I might need to sit down after” is the supporting context of “racing”. In line two and three, those lyrics have meaning when the speaker
and his someone kissing, they feel invented love like in the first met every time. The context “racing” includes mood context of speaker or listener,
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4.1.4.3 Toes
You’re always finding different ways to keep me on my toes
and if it changes everyday I don’t mind and I don’t care How I still love love love you
The next context in this song is “toes”. “Toes” exists in fifth stanza
line two “to keep me on my toes”. In lexical meaning, “Toes” is one of the five small parts that stick out from the foot. But “toes” in this song has another meaning that is contextual meaning. Contextual meaning of “toes”
is heart. Therefore, if the lyric before “you’re always finding different ways” and next lyric “to keep me on my toes” are combined that means the
speaker wants his someone always keep him in his heart. In line three “and if it changes everyday”, and “it” in this lyric refers to “toes” that means when the heart of speaker is changeable, the speaker will back to his
someone because he love her so much. It is explained in line four “I don’t mind and I don’t care” and in line five “how I still love love love you”. The
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4.1.5 Song 5: You and Me
The fifth song is “You and Me”, in this song there are four stanzas, first stanza there are ten lines, second stanza there are nine lines, third stanza there are ten lines, and fourth stanza there are three lines. In this song “You
and Me” there is one context that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. It is “beautiful”. The writer only takes the word,
phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.5.1 Beautiful
What we have is beautiful Cause this world would be Empty without you
Scares me that this life would mean nothing without you
“Beautiful” in this lyric exists in first stanza in line eight “What we have is beautiful”. The word “Beautiful” is adjective that means very pretty
or attractive; giving pleasure to the sense, it is the explanation in lexical meaning. But, in this lyric “beautiful” has contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of “beautiful” is meaningful and very happy. It means
the life of the speaker very meaningful because the speaker has someone who makes him happy. It is shown in the next stanza as the chorus in line
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“beautiful” includes in mood context of speaker or listener, because it is
about the feel of speaker.
4.1.6 Song 6: I Can’t Get Over You
The sixth song is “I Can’t Get Over You”, in this song there are five stanzas, first stanza there are four lines, second stanza there are five lines,
third stanza there are four lines, fourth stanza there are five lines, and fifth stanza there are two lines. In this song “I Can’t Get Over You”, there is one context that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. It is
“footsteps”. The writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.6.1 Footsteps
Your footsteps they follow me, follow me around But no one's there when I turn around
Cause I can't get over you
The word “footsteps” there is in lyric “Your footsteps they follow me,
follow me around” that exists in first stanza in line three. “Footsteps” in lexical meaning means sound or mark made each time your foot touches the
ground. But in this lyric, “footsteps” has different meaning that is remembrance. It means the speaker always imagines if there is someone who follows him, but it is only his imagination because he cannot move on
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in first and second stanza. In line three after the word “footsteps”, the next
sentence “they follow me, follow me around” that tells about the speaker feels. Then, in line four “But no one’s there when I turn around” that indicates if there is “footsteps” who follows the speaker in line three only
the imagination, because in this lyric when the speaker turn and look around there is no one that follow him. The next line, in second stanza in line five
“Cause I can't get over you” is the sentence that explains if the speaker cannot get someone who loved. Based on that the lyrics, the writer can says if the speaker of this song cannot move one from someone who loved and
always remember and imagines the memories about her.
4.7 Song 7: Me and The Moon
The seventh song is “Me and The Moon”, in this song there are three stanzas, first stanza there are six lines, second stanza there are eight lines,
and third stanza there are six lines. In this song “Me and The Moon”, there is one context that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song.
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4.1.7.1 The Moon
I wish I was holding you tight But it's me and the moon tonight I swear I saw you there
Just like the old days with no cares Down in the garden
The leaves were still falling Right by the shed
How can such a part of me be gone?
The context “the moon” in this song exists in second stanza line eight “But it's me and the moon tonight”. In lexical meaning, “the moon” is the round object that moves round the earth and shines at night. But in this
song, “the moon” has another meaning that is contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of “the moon” is loneliness that means the feel of
speaker. In line before, line seven “I wish I was holding you tight” explains the hope of speaker if he wants together with his someone. But, in the next lyric the speaker just alone “But it’s me and the moon tonight”, he is only
with the moon that means nobody with him. The third stanza, in line one until five explain if the speaker is still imagined the memories with her. In
next line “How can such a part of me be gone?” is a disbelief of speaker if his love is gone. Therefore, this context includes in mood context of speaker or listener and in this song focus to the speaker who feels loneliness because
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4.1.8 Song 8: I Could Be
The eighth song is “I Could be”, in this song there are four stanzas, first stanza there are five lines, second stanza there are six lines, third stanza there are five lines, and fourth stanza there are two lines. In this song “I
Could Be” there are two contexts that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. They are “frozen eyes” and “the bone”. The writer
only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.8.1 Frozen Eyes
I look at you in frozen eyes, cold as ice I could be the first to let you in
I could help you find a place again Let me be the one to open up that door
I could be the first to let you in your heart again
The first lyric “I look at you in frozen eyes, cold as ice” there is context “frozen eyes” that exists in the first stanza. The context “frozen
eyes” in this song has a contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of “frozen eyes” is hopeful. Then, this lyric “I look at you in frozen eyes, cold as ice” means the speaker looks at his beloved with hopeful view. The hope
of the speaker can sees in the next stanza, they exist in the second stanza in line one until three and line six. Those lyric explain if the speaker wants his
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4.1.8.2 The Bone
You say I know better on my own But if I’m lonely to the bone
What a great sacrifice being all locked up inside You know I think I am, but wanna try
We're no better on our own if we're lonely to the bone
The next context “the bone” in this song exists in the first stanza in
line four “But if I’m lonely to the bone”. The context “the bone” in lexical meaning means any of the hard parts that from the skeleton of an animal’s body. But in this song, “the bone” has a contextual meaning. The contextual
meaning of “the bone” is downhearted. “But if I’m lonely to the bone” means if the speaker is lonely to feel downhearted, his heart becomes all
locked up inside, it explains in next line “what a great sacrifice being all locked up inside”. The speaker beloved is refusing, because she thinks if he knows better his own. It is the explanation in first stanza in line three “You
say I know better on my own” and in the third stanza in line two “You know I think I am, but wanna try”. In the third stanza in line three “We're no better
on our own if we're lonely to the bone”, the speaker makes convincing to his beloved if they are better together. This context “the bone” includes in mood context of speaker or listener, because the speaker feels downhearted if he is
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4.1.9 Song 9: Right Here
The ninth song is “Right Here”, in this song there are five stanzas, first stanza there are four lines, second stanza there are four lines, third stanza there are four lines, fourth stanza there are four lines, and fifth stanza
there are two lines. In this song “Right Here”, there is one context that includes in analyzing the contextual meaning of the song. It is “sound”. The
writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.9.1 Sound
You are the best of me You’re everything I need I’ll keep you safe and sound Never let you down
The context “sound” of this song exists in the fourth stanza in line three “I’ll keep you safe and sound”. In lexical meaning, the word “sound”
means something you can hear, but in this song it has another meaning that is contextual meaning. The contextual meaning of “sound” is comfortable.
Then, the lyric “I’ll keep you safe and sound” means the speaker will keep his loved safe and comfortable, because he wants protecting his love from anything that is threaten. The reason why the speaker does that can sees in
line before, line one “You are the best of me”; line two “You are the best of me”; and line four “Never let you down”. Those explain if the speaker loves
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“sound” includes in context of situation, because he wants keep his beloved
safe and comfortable in anything situation.
4.1.10 Song 10: Beautiful to Me
The tenth song is “Beautiful to me”, in this song there are six stanzas, first stanza there are four lines, second stanza there are four lines,
third stanza there are two lines, fourth stanza there are five lines, fifth stanza there are four lines, and sixth stanza there are three lines. In this song “Beautiful to me” there is one context that includes in analyzing the
contextual meaning of the song. It is “counting cars”. The writer only takes the word, phrase, or sentence that has another meaning depend on the
context, not all word analyzed.
4.1.10.1 Counting Cars
Remember when we watched the sunrise The nights we lay beneath the stars You’d lay your head upon my shoulder We’d spend our day just counting cars
And if we grow apart and you're lost in the dark
I swear just look in your heart and count those cars again And you'll find me, yeah you'll find me there
The context “counting cars” in this song exists in the fifth stanza in line four “we’d spend our day just counting cars”. In lexical meaning,
“counting” means say numbers in order: count from 1 to 10, and “cars” means motor vehicle for carrying passengers, then “counting cars” means
