IJEAL (International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics) Volume : 1 | Number 3 | December 2021 | E-ISSN : 2787-9482 | DOI: doi.org/ijeal.v1n1.1126 This is a Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License 231 AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ON THE LYRIC OF COLDPLAY’S SELECTED SONGS Ferawaty Puspitorini 1 , Haris Hamdani 2 Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Jakarta, Indonesia Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Jakarta, Indonesia Institution, City, Country fpuspitorini85@gmail.com Received: 06/11/2021 Accepted: 28/11/2021 Publication: 08/12/2021 Abstract The purpose of this study was to know the kinds of figurative language used in selected lyrics of Coldplay song. This research was designed to identify some figurative language by understanding the general meaning when they are used in the lyrics of songs. The technique of descriptive analysis offered to analyze data by reading the data, then identifying the figurative language used in the lyrics of song. After identifying some figurative languages then they are categorized into some kinds of figurative languages. Then, the general meaning of figurative language by identifying the lexical meaning and contextual meaning of the four selected the lyrics of song are used to analyze the data got from the song. Based on research finding, some figurative languages were found in the Coldplay’s selected songs. Most of figurative languages which are used in lyrics of Coldplay’s selected songs is “Hyperbole” that has a great exaggeration used to emphasize a point, and used for expressive or comic effect. The meanings which were found from the song are classified into the connotative meaning. The lyrics of Coldplay’s selected songs tell us about human’s social life which contains about love, sadness, happiness, spirit and others. In the lyrics of Coldplay’s selected songs, figurative languages are helpful to understand the song. The existence of figurative language is not to complicate the understanding of lyrics but to simplify and to clear the understanding of lyrics. Song is very suitable for the English Learners who want to improve their English skills in analyzing lyrics that contain figurative languages. From the explanation above can be concluded that in analyzing lyrics besides finding figurative language in lyrics, the meanings of the song that contain figurative languages and messages of the song can be understood. Keywords— Analysis, Coldplay Song, Figurative Language, Lyrics Introduction Language is one of crucial tools of human beings to communicate one another. Without language, people will never able to communicate one another. People need language to communicate, to interact, and to get information from others. According to Harmer (2007) states that language is used widely for communication between people who do not share the same first (or even second) Language. It means that language can be a primary necessity in human life. It has a big role for every people in making good relationship with others.