Understanding Song Lyrics

 

Understanding Song Lyrics

The moral value of the song Count on Me by Bruno Mars is that we have to help our friends who are in need, because they will do the same when we are in trouble. As quoted “You can count on me…And I know when I need it I can count on you…”

Pembahasan

Lagu berjudul Count on Me dari Bruno Mars mengisahkan tentang persahabatan yang saling mendukung dan membantu di kala satu pihak memiliki masalah/beban, maka pihak lainnya hadir untuk memberi dukungan dan bantuan.

Istilah count on [someone] adalah sebuah idiom yang artinya to depend on someone to do what you want or expect them to do for you.

Sehingga konteks idiom tersebut pada lirik lagu ini adalah, “kamu dapat mengandalkan aku”. Namun pada sisi lain lirik, istilah count on juga digunakan dalam artian harfiah yang artinya menghitung dalam … (waktu). Contohnya adalah pada lirik “You can count on me like one two three, I’ll be there” yang mengistilahkan bahwa dalam hitungan 3 detik aku akan datang menemui kamu (jika dibutuhkan kehadirannya)

Fungsi sosial sebuah lagu adalah untuk menyampaikan pesan atau sebagai media komunikasi kepada pendengar lagunya. Dengan demikian, lagu juga dapat digunakan untuk memengaruhi, mendapat dukungan, membujuk, menggugah emosi, menanamkan sikap atau nilai tertentu kepada pendengarnya. Sekarang, simaklah video dari gurumu dan isilah titik-titik lirik lagu di bawah ini sambil mendengarkan lagu sebagai latihan listening. Tentu kamu bisa juga ikut bernyanyi atau mengajak teman atau keluarga di rumah untuk bernyanyi bersama. 

IF AIN’T GOT YOU

 BY ALICIA KEYS

 Some people live for the fortune

Some people live just for the fame

Some people live just for to play the game

Some people think that the physical things define what’s within

 

And I’ve been there before

 But that life’s a bore

 So full of the superficial

 Some people want it all

 But I don’t want nothing at all

If I ain’t got you baby

 

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain’t got you

Some peole search for a fountain

 That promise forever young

Some people need three dozen roses

And that’s the only way to prove you love them

Hand me the world on a silver platter

And what good would it be?

 

With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me

If ain’t got you with me baby

Nothing in this whole wide world don’t mean a thing

If ain’t got you with me baby

 

  Questions

1. Do you know the song lyrics above?

2. Are you familiar with the singer? If so, write everything you know about the singer

3. What do you think about the lyrics?

4. What does the song tell you about?

5. Look at the lyrics carefully. What dos she want, actually? And what does she think about people?

6. What do you learn from the song?

IF AIN’T GOT YOU

BY ALICIA KEYS

Some people live for the fortune

Some people live just for the fame

Some people live just for to play the game

Some people think that the physical things define what’s within

And I’ve been there before

But that life’s a bore

So full of the superficial

 Some people want it all

 But I don’t want nothing at all

If I ain’t got you baby

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain’t got you

Some peole search for a fountain

That promise forever young

Some people need three dozen roses

And that’s the only way to prove you love them

Hand me the world on a silver platter

And what good would it be?

With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me

If ain’t got you with me baby

Nothing in this whole wide world don’t mean a thing

If ain’t got you with me baby

 Questions

1.Do you know the song lyrics above?

2.Are you familiar with the singer? If so, write everything you know about the singer

3.what do you think about the lyrics?

4.what does the song tell you about?

5.Look at the lyrics carefully. What dos she want, actually? And what does she think about people?

6.what do you learn from the song?

Song 1

Songs for A Dying Planet

Song by: Joe Walsh

Is anyone out there?

Does anybody listen or care anymore?

We are living on a dying planet,

We’re killing everything that’s alive,

And anyone who tries to deny it

Wears a tie

And gets paid to lie

So I wrote these songs for a dying planet,

I’m sorry but I’m telling the truth,

And for everybody trying to save it

These songs are for you, too.

Is anyone out there?

1. What kind of planet are we living now?

A. Dying Planet

B. good planet

C. beautiful planet

D. nice planet

2. Who are people who deny that they have killed living things?

A. People who wear a tie and get paid to lie

B. People who listen that song

C. People who live near the singer

D. people who work in the town

3. “And gets paid to lie”. The word “gets paid” means….

A. Receive money for work completed

B. Pay someone

C. buy with money

D. sell with low prices

4. For whom does the singers wrote that song?

A. For the dying planet

B. For people out there

C. For people who work hard

D. for people who study hard

5. Why does the singer feel sorry?

A. Because he tells the truth

B. Because he does not tell the truth

C. Because he lies

D. Because he can not speak

Contoh Soal Song 2

Demis Roussos: RAIN AND TEARS

Rain and tears all the same

But in the sun you’ve to play the game

When you cry in winter time

You can’t pretend, it’s nothing but the rain

How many times I’ve seen

Tears coming from your blue eyes

Rain and tears all the same

But in the sun you’ve got to play the game

Give an answer of love I need an answer of love

Rain and tears in the sun

But in your heart you feel the rain the waves

Rain and tears both for shown

For in my heart there’ll never be a sun

Rain and tears all the same

But in the sun you’ve play the game

6. Which one of the following statements is implied in this song?

A. The writer’s lover treats him well.

B. The writer’s lover often expresses her sadness

C. The writer has got his expectation from his lover

D. The writer of the song feels sure with his love.

 

7. “Rain and tears both for shown. For in my heart there’ll never be a sun”. The phrase “my heart there’ll never be a sun” means that the writer….

A. will feel sure in his heart

B. will always feel sad

C. will have his heart be with bright life

D. will feel so faithless all the time

8. The word “rain” in this song refers to …..

A. autumn time

B. spring time

C. winter time

D. summer time

Contoh Soal Song 3

Viva Forever

Song by: Spice Girls

Do you still remember

How we used to be

Felling together, believe in whatever

My love has said to me

Both of us were dreamers

Young love in the sun

Felt like my savior, my spirit I gave ya

We’d only just begun

Hasta Manana,

Always be mine

[Chorus:]

Viva forever, I’ll be waiting

Everlasting, like the sun

Live forever,

For the moment

Ever searching for the one

Yes I still remember,

Every whispered word

The touch of your skin, giving life from within

Like a love song that I’d heard

Slipping through out fingers,

Like the sands of time

Promise made, every memory saved

Has reflections in my mind

Hasta Manana,

Always be mine

[Chorus]

Back where I belong now,

Was it just a dream

Feelings unfold, they will never be sold

And the secret’s safe with me

Hasta manana,

Always be mine

[Chorus x2]

9. What is theme of the song above?

A. Viva Forever

B. Dream

C. Belonging

D. Feeling

10. What does “Hasta Manana” means?

A. See you tomorrow

B. Good bye

C. Good morning

D. Good afternoon

11. What was still remembered by the singer?

A. The words whispered to her

B. The words in the writing

C. The words in the letter

D. The words that make the singer happy

12. Does the writer think that the feeling is a dream?

A. Yes, she does

B. Yes, she does not

C. No, she does not

D. No, she does

13. What is represented by the sand of time?

A. Promise that have been made 

B. Dream that he wants

C. Goal which he want to reach

D. Target which he tries to get

Contoh Soal Song 4

Outdoors

Song by: Jason Mraz

All day I’ve been inside

And I’ve got the feeling

I’m trapped between the walls

And underneath the ceiling

I feel a bit off track

And I’m trying to get back

Back in the cool, cool air where the sun is shinning

Nothing’s going to stop me

It’s all in the timing

It’s finally again my turn

It’s time to return

‘Cause I won’t stay inside no more

No more

I can’t wait to go

Outdoors

Well open up your door and be like me

Open up your door and then breathe free

And look at all the beauty you’ll feel

Loved, loved, loved, loved

Listen to the music of the wind and the brides sing

We’re just one big family

And all of nature deserves to be

Loved, loved, loved, loved,

Loved

So, I won’t stay inside no more

No more

It can’t wait, I’m sure

There’s need to run and hide

Let’s go explore

It feels so great let’s go outdoors

 

(Don’t cha do)

Everyone come on

come on out there

where the air is fresh and clear

So, I won’t stay inside no more

No more

It cannot wait

Let’s go out doors

Well, open up your door and be like me

Open up your door and then breathe free

And look at all the beauty and you’ll find

The earth and the sky is yours

So please go, there’s no need,

There’s no need to hide inside

Let’s go explore

This will, this will feel so great

Let’s go outdoors

14. What does the singer want?

A. Sleep

B. Go outside

C. Play inside his house

D. Live in a sedentary life

15. What does the writer feel when he’s inside the house?

A. Trapped

B. Angry

C. Happy

D. Excited

16. Based on the song above, who sing the song?

A. Birds

B. Winds

C. Children

D. Musicians

17. Who is Jason Mraz?

A. Singer

B. Child

C. a bird

D. a listener

18. What is the message can be found in the text above?

A. It is a wasteful time to live your life adventurous

B. It is important to life an adventurous life

C. We must always be inside home

D. We must be careful with our wishes

19. What is the tone of the song above?

A. Happy

B. Sad

C. Melancholy

D. Lazy

      Earth Song by Michael Jackson

What about sunrise?

What about rain?

What about all the things that you said

We were to gain?

What about killing fields?

Is there a time?

What about all the things

That you said were yours and mine?

Did you ever stop to notice

All the blood we've shed before?

Did you ever stop to notice

This crying Earth, these weeping shores?

Ah, ooh

Ah, ooh

What have we done to the world?

Look what we've done

What about all the peace

That you pledge your only son?

What about flowering fields?

Is there a time?

What about all the dreams

That you said was yours and mine?

Did you ever stop to notice

All the children dead from war?

Did you ever stop to notice

This crying earth, these weeping shores?

20. The text is about ….

A. the way the earth ruins

B. the effort to rebuild earth

C. the sadness because of the earth’s damage

D. the questions for people who want to save the earth

21. “Did you ever stop to notice”.  The underlined word is closest in meaning to….

A. Aware B. accept C. express D. mention

The following text is for number 22 to 24.

We are the World

By Michael Jackson

There comes a time when we heed a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

And it's time to lend a hand to life

The greatest gift of all

We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We all are a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know,
Love is all we need

[Chorus:]
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

22. The text is about ….

A. unity B. misery C. struggle D. happiness

23. The lyric of the song implies that we have to ….

A. stop the war C. help each other

B. work hard for living D. stand on our own feet

24. “And it's time to lend a hand to life”. The underlined word is closest in meaning to ….

A. Give B. spread C. borrow D. release