Song Analysis Of 'No Sound Without Silence'

3. The Analysis of “Never Seen Anything Quite Like You”

This song is the most romantic song in The Script’s album: “No Sound without Silence” because it talks about a man who loves his woman so much and feels lucky since he owns the woman. It is all about love. The songwriters use both figurative and literal languages to convey the meaning. To be always thankful since we have been given everything by God is important. It’s the lesson from this song that can be taken. God gives the best for us and he loves us through the existence of people around us included our mate. We need to feel affluent for all that we have in this life. Furthermore, it is found 3 types of figurative language that convey figurative meaning. The first type is simile. Simile

There are found 11 lines using hyperbole which are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, and 21st lines. Jay (2003) rewrites the definition of hyperbole that has already been defined by Kreuz and Roberts (1993) that hyperbole means deliberating exaggeration. The first three lines are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines. Here, the songwriters exaggerate the man’s feelings. There is nothing want more than want, nothing need more than need, and nothing hold more than hold. He wants to tell that he is so in love with the woman until what he wants is more than everything he

Without that explanation, the listeners must already know that the girl’s eyes are in the girl’s eyes and their hearts are in their heart. However, as the use of hyperbole which is to exaggerate meaning; those words are used to emphasize both of them have their own eyes, but their hearts can become one. The love that they have is a love that is special.

Another figurative language which is used in the song is symbolism. Ade and Okuyene (2008) state that “symbolism is a poetic art of representing persons, objectives or ideas with another”. It is used to emphasize the meaning. There are two lines found using symbolism which are the 11th and 17th lines. White in the 11th line does not merely mean that she wears the white top or white dress, but it means that she looks very beautiful and the man is so thankful because of it.

Ride in the 17th line means that he will go somewhere only with his woman. Then, great means a condition when there is happiness and achievement reached. Therefore, that line means that he asks his woman to accompany him to go to a condition that their dreams are achieved and full of happiness. Here, he only wants his woman to go with