Theme in Chris Grey's Selected Songs

Abstract

Background: Song lyrics often contain emotional language and poetic elements, making them suitable for literary analysis. Objective: To identify the themes in six selected songs by Chris Grey and explain how those themes are reflected through literary perspectives. Method: A qualitative descriptive method using M.H. Abrams’ theory (mimetic, expressive, pragmatic, and objective) was applied to analyze the lyrics. Results: The analysis shows that the lyrics reveal emotional and psychological themes such as despair, longing, grief, hope, healing, and guilt, expressed through poetic devices like tone, metaphor, and imagery. Conclusion: Song lyrics can be interpreted as literary texts. Chris Grey’s selected songs reflect deep emotional experiences through structured literary elements.

Keywords: theme, song lyrics, Chris Grey, literature, emotion