LK 4

THE EXAMPLE OF SONG ANALYSIS

1. Title : All of me
2. Singer : John Legend
3. Theme : Love
4. Social function : To express the singer’s feeling about his love
5. Moral value : Loving someone needs sacrifice
6. Generic structure :

All Of Me (by John Legend)

[Verse 1:]
What would I do without your smart mouth
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
Got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright

[Bridge:]
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all, all of me
And you give me all, all of you, oh

[Verse 2:]
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you

[Bridge:]
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all, all of you, oh

Give me all of you

Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard

[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

I give you all, all of me

And you give me all, all of you, oh

7. Language Features.
➢ The lyric is written in the first person point of view. (I)
➢ It tells about the second person. (you)
➢ Using rhyming word, for example:
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
➢ Using amusing word, for example :
I'm on your magical mystery ride
➢ Using slang language, for example:
'Cause I give you all of me

8. Figurative Language
➢ Paradox
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
➢ Oxymoron
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
➢ Metaphor
You're my downfall, you're my muse
 ➢ Hyperbole
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you

Student Work Sheet

LK 4.
Task 1. Read this song lyric, then answer the questions!

Skyscraper (by Demi Lovato)

Skies are crying, I am watching

Catching tear drops in my hands
Only silence as it's ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me?

You can take everything I have

You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

As the smoke clears, I awaken

And untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed?
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet

You can take everything I have

You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

Go run, run, run

I'm gonna stay right here,
Watch you disappear
Yeah, oh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Oh Oh
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

(Like a skyscraper)

Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

1. What is the social function of the song?

2. What is the moral value of the song?
3. Analyze the song based on the generic structure!
4. Analyze the song based on the language feature and give examples!
5. Mention some figurative languages of that song and give examples!

Task 2.
Paraphrasing means we say or write an expression or stanza of a song lyric in different sentences,
but it has still the same meaning.

Match each of the song lyrics below with a suitable paraphrase from the box.

a. The singer wants to prove the word that she can achieve her dream. She will be strong and
doesn’t care of nobody believes in her. She just believes in herself that she will definitely work
hard to achieve her own dream.

b. The singer has been far from home for two years to pursue her dream. She feels alone as she has
no friends. People around her worry that she will get depressed, but there is always a belief in
her that she can certainly succeed.

c. The singer feels small like a boat floating in the ocean and being hit by big waves, because she
feels she has failed to achieve her dream. However, she never gives up in achieving her dream.
She always tries another way to make it come true.

1. Like a small boat

On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
Answer: ......
2. This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong (I’ll be strong)
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
Answer: ......

Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me.

3. Losing friends and I’m chasing sheep
Everybody’s worried about me
In too deep
Say I’m in too deep (in too deep)
And it’s been two years
I miss my home
But there’s a fine burning in my bones.
And I still believe
Yeah I still believe
Answer: ......

Task 3. Choose the correct answer.

All I want
(By Kodaline)

All I want is nothing more

To hear you knocking at my door
‘Cause if I could see your face once more
I could die a happy man I’m sure

When you said your last goodbye

I died a little bit inside
I lay in tears in bed all night
Alone without you by my side

**But if you loved me

Why’d you leave me?
Take my body

Take my body
All I want is
And all I need is
To find somebody
I’ll find somebody like you …Oh…Oh..

So you brought out the best of me

A part of me I’ve never seen
You took my soul and wiped it clean
One love was made for movie screens

Back to **
1. What is the mood of this song?
A. Fun
B. Sad
C. Angry
D. Scared
E. Enthusiastic

2. What message can we get from the song lyrics?

A. Don’t regret for what you have decided.
B. Saying goodbye will always make us cry.
C. Don’t give up finding a person you love.
D. Everything is temporal, so be prepared for the loss.
E. Saying goodbye is hard, but continuing life is more important.

3. “I lay in tears in bed all night” (stanza 2)

What is the meaning of the line?
A. The singer’s bed is wet because of his/her tears.
B. The singer is waking up all night sadly.
C. The singer is very sad, so he/she cries all night long.
D. The singer falls asleep and he/she suddenly cries.
E. The singer is feeling sad on the bed.

4. What is mentioned in the song?

A. The singer is optimistic
B. His girlfriend relies on him
C. The singer finds someone like her girlfriend.
D. The singer lost his beloved one.
E. The singer is sure for his better future.

5. ‘Cause if I could see your face once more

I could die a happy man I’m sure (stanza 2)
What does this sentence means?
A. He would die if he meets his girlfriend.
B. He would die to his girlfriend’s face.
C. He could see his girlfriend with a happy face.
D. He would die as soon as he met his girlfriend
E. . He would be very happy if he met his girlfriend.