This study critically analyzes the song "Tatsulok" by the Filipino band Bamboo, using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to explore its socio-political messages and implications. The themes of socioeconomic inequality, power relations, and justice are examined in this study within the Philippine context. The song is a sociopolitical statement on the enduring problems of class conflict, the oppressed people's vulnerability, and the structural injustices that fuel social unrest on a large scale.
This paper presents a discourse analysis of the Filipino ballad "Di Lang Ikaw" by Julie Iris Valles Fernandez, known by her stage name Juris, a celebrated Filipino singer-songwriter. Written by Juris and arranged by Aiza Seguerra, the song explores themes of love, heartbreak, emotional distance, and mutual suffering. Through an in-depth discourse analysis approach, concentrating on the interpretation of language use within the song, the study identifies key linguistic features including rhetorical questioning, metaphor, repetition, and tone, which together convey the emotional complexity of a relationship in decline.