A survey on the use of Metaphors in Indian Lyrics: A study to record the change in Indian lifestyle post-independence. Marya Naim Research Scholar Aligarh Muslim University Abstract Metaphors are an embodiment of our beliefs, cognitive in origin, several primary metaphors like 'more is up, affection is warmth', etc. become inbuilt due to early life experiences and develops as an innate understanding of the world. To communicate deep mire or unusual desire, metaphors are an involuntary habit. When it comes to poets and lyricists, they depend more on them to describe abstract notions. Indian songs, since inception are a creative showcase of metaphors and their extensions, for instance, Chand-Chanda for the moon; Aftab-Suraj for the sun generally to describe the beauty of their beloved. One of the popular hits from 60’s “chaundvi ka chand ho.. ya aftab ho”, from 1960 hit movie chaundhvi ka chand directed by Mohammad Sadiq is a prime instance of metaphorical-use in Indian Cinema. This paper intends to take its readers through the past seven decades of Indian Cinema. These seventy years since Independence have witnessed major on-screen curves and have changed the Indian lifestyle to not less than 360 degrees. The study purports to document the change-in life of Indians through the changing phases of Indian Cinema. To monitor the shifts in trends in cinema causing changes in beliefs and living procedures of its audience makes the author to decide for surveying the popular songs from Bollywood and folk songs. Songs are surveyed within their metaphorical construct to anticipate the nature of beliefs people have from time to time. The sample of the study includes three hundred popular hits, collected from three-time frames: 1950s to 1970; 1970s to 2000 and 2000s to mid-2019. This is corpus-based research therefore; stylistic analysis is followed. Metaphors from the sample can be divided into three categories, based on the source (target-source), ‘animal metaphors, situational metaphors, and nature metaphors'. The analysis is based on a proponent, ‘Cinema is a reflection of its society'. The findings demonstrate a scaled decrease in the use of nature-bound metaphors over time, repetition of similar metaphors appeared until the late 90s with a considerable change in trend