THE CONNOTATIVE MEANING OF SONG LYRICS OF ”SERENADE” AND ”ENGKAULAH YANG MEREBUT HATIKU” BY EBIET G ADE

Song lyrics are one of the ways to express the songwriter’s feelings. In writing lyric, the writer has to choose the right choice of diction. The purpose of this research is to reveal the meaning behind the lyrics of “Serenade” and “Engkaulah yang Merebut Hatiku” sung or composed by Ebiet G. Ade. The data of this research are compiled using observation methods from observing and listening to those songs from Youtube. The data consist of the song lyric’s fragments which contain symbolic meaning within the lyric. Subsequently, this research analyses the data using semantic theory. The research’s finding reveals that “Serenade” song lyric’s meaning is about revealing someone’s feeling when he is falling in love at the first sight and that feeling makes him losing focus. The lyrics are also depicting the desperation because of the imbalance with someone he loves. Unlike ”Serenade”, “Engkaulah yang Merebut Hatiku” lyrics are depicting someone who is falling in love, and brave enough to reveal his love then developing into a serious committed relationship. From the “Serenade” song, there are so many lingual unit which have symbolic meaning such as tenggelam, jatuh hati, badai, menyerah, hanyut di asmara, terlalu tinggi untuk kuraih, and terlalu jauh untuk kurengkuh. From the “Engkaulah yang Merebut Hatiku” song, there are lingual unit such as merebut hatiku, aku simpan, takut terluka, bunga di mimpiku, engkau tersenyum wangi melati, and kupersembahkan setangkai kembang.