Nama: Fandy Ramadhan Saputro
Kelas: Introduction to Literature
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Mid-term Test
Linkin Park – One More Light, Song analysis, and
Figurative language.
Lyrics
Should've stayed, were there
signs, I ignored?
Can I help you, not to hurt,
anymore?
We saw brilliance, when the
world, was asleep
There are things that we can
have, but can't keep
If they say
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In a sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time
runs out?
If a moment is all we are
We're quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes
out?
Well I do
The reminders pull the floor from
your feet
In the kitchen, one more chair
than you need oh
And you're angry, and you should
be, it's not fair
Just 'cause you can't see it,
doesn't mean it, isn't there
If they say
Who cares if one more light goes
out?
In a sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time
runs out?
If a moment is all we are
We're quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes
out?
Well I do
Who cares if one more light goes
out?
In a sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time
runs out?
If a moment is all we are
We're quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes
out?
Well I do
Well I do
The young man asked which way she
had gone.
Theme and Subject
One More
Light is the seventh studio album from a rock band from United States Linkin
Park. The album was launched on May 19, 2017, and was created by Warner Bros. This
song is the last album sung by Chester Bennington. The length of this song is 4:15 minutes.
The preface of Linkin Park’s “One More Light” is the band
memorializing a companion by the title of Amy Zaret who had suddenly died. Appropriately the verses themselves
are intensely centered on the concept of passing. In any
case, this is not a grieving melody, and
in reality, can be seen as the opposite. Many people think
that Linkin Park doesn't usually make songs that are mellow or sad, they
usually carry the rock and hard genre. However, in fact, this song can actually
be accepted by the wider community, such as fans or connoisseurs of pop genre
music. And, this song is also dedicated to the vocalist, Chester Bennington.
Chester Bennington died after he finished his “One More Light” tour in Europe.
This song is like a message to his fans not to be sad after he passed away, and
the reason why I took it as a message is underneath this paragraph.
After I read some references, the topic or subject of this song can be
concluded as someone who wants to encourage his/her friends after losing someone
who had an important role and position in his/her heart, and life. The songwriter
emphasizes that in this world nothing lasts forever, but only temporarily,
destiny determines when "something/someone" will be lost.
Furthermore, in the lyrics, who cares when someone's time runs out? If a
moment is all we are, it can be interpreted that losing someone we love
is fate and determination, but we should not be too sad about it, because there
are memories that will last forever. This song wants to embrace people who
unfortunately lost someone who they love and care about, and we can find it
more in the lyrics beneath,
The
reminders pull the floor from your feet
In the
kitchen, one more chair than you need oh
And
you're angry, and you should be, it's not fair
Just
'cause you can't see it, doesn't mean it, isn't there
In the lyrics
above, the songwriter wants to say that it’s okay if angry while you are losing
someone, and angry is a part of mourning. The next lyrics, Just 'cause
you can't see it, doesn't mean it, isn't there, again it’s about
when someone dies or gone, you still can feel their presence by the memories and
it doesn’t mean they are gone forever just because they cannot be seen by us. Meanwhile,
if we back to the beginning lyrics, Should've stayed, were there signs, I
ignored? Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore? these sentences here
mean that the songwriter is caring about his/her friend and talking about almost a
few occurrences or signs, which he overlooked, and he/she asked to they friend in
order to know why his/her friend is sad. The songwriter wrote it like he/she has
hurt the other individual. So can he/she offer assistance to the other
individual in order not to harm him/her any longer.
We saw
brilliance, when the world, was asleep
There are
things that we can have, but can't keep
In the sentences above, the writer wants to emphasize that nothing
lasts forever in this world. Yet it’s not because we can’t keep it but more
like when the time has come, we cannot push it much more. Also, we can take lessons
from our nadir just like a light with brilliance quality and light which has hope for us. In the middle of the song, there are beautiful sentences,
Who cares
if one more light goes out?
In a sky
of a million stars
The meaning is, when we lost someone,
we don’t need to be like over amid sadness, because there are still
lots of good people around us even though still cannot replace, he/she who has
gone.
Figurative Language:
1.
Personification
·
We saw brilliance when the world was asleep,
(Suhendi, 2017:8) describe Personification as giving
the attributes of a human being to an animal, an object, or a concept. Then,
this sentence above is using personification because asleep is one of the humans
and animals do, and the world is a lifeless thing they are not alive.
2.
Hyperbole
·
In a sky of millions star?
·
Who cares when someone’s time runs out.
Hyperbole is some kind of exaggeration of words. Within
the sentence over, the word "millions stars" is shown the use of Hyperbole.
It is an exaggeration since it is impossible for humans can count the number of
stars within the sky. In this case, the vocalist wants to communicate how we
are present and ended up as an individual who cares about the surrounding
circumstances. Hyperbole found on line nine “time runs out”. Because time can
never run out from our life, so it’s an exaggeration of words.
3.
Repetition
·
We are quicker, quicker, Well I do, Well I do
Repetition is a literary device that involves
intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech
or written work. For repetition to be noticeable, the words or phrases should
be repeated within close proximity of each other. (literarydevices.net). Based
on that definition, it’s clear that this song includes Repetition, we can
find it in most parts of the song.
References:
https://literarydevices.net/repetition/
https://www.interpretasilirik.com/2018/10/arti-lagu-beserta-makna-linkin-park-one.html
https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/linkin-parks-one-more-light-lyrics-meaning/
Yastanti, U., Suhendar, J., Mirani, R., & Pratama, D. (2018). FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE IN SONG LYRICS OF LINKIN PARK: Vol. XIII (Issue 2).
https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-song-One-More-Light-by-Linkin-Park-mean
