Feel Like Home – English Lyrics

• By: Papa Roach
• Album: Who Do You Trust?

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

It's been a while since we crossed paths

I thought I saw you in an hourglass

I'm not sure where the time has gone

But I know it's been too long

We used to say we'd never change

Now we're trying not to show our age

I know you said you needed space

So you moved all the furniture around this place

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

It's getting dark at sunset park

I see the marks on your broken heart

I'm trying not to let it get to me

But it's hard with all our history

Leaving town while the city sleeps

You know, I always had bigger dreams

I keep looking in the rearview mirror

Even though I wasn't happy here

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

And now I'm running from you, trying to find myself

But I don't even know where to start

I guess that time has a way of keeping nothing the same

'Cause I don't even know who you are

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Oh, I hate this feeling

You don't feel like home

Feel like home

Feel like home

Key Grammar Structures

• It's been a while since we crossed paths

  ➔ Present perfect with 'since' to talk about a period up to now.

  ➔ The phrase "since" introduces the starting point of the period.

• We used to say we'd never change

  ➔ 'Used to' + infinitive for past habits; 'would' for future in the past.

  ➔ "used to" shows a regular action that no longer happens.

• I'm not sure where the time has gone

  ➔ Indirect question with present perfect ('has gone').

  ➔ "where" introduces an indirect question about the location of time.

• I know you said you needed space

  ➔ Reported speech: past simple after a verb of knowledge.

  ➔ "said" is the reporting verb, and "needed" stays in past because it reflects the original past statement.

• I'm trying not to let it get to me

  ➔ Present progressive + infinitive with 'to' and negative infinitive ('not to let').

  ➔ "not to let" shows the intention to avoid allowing something.

• Leaving town while the city sleeps

  ➔ Gerund phrase as subject + subordinate clause with present simple.

  ➔ "Leaving" functions as a noun (the act of leaving).

• I keep looking in the rearview mirror

  ➔ 'Keep' + gerund to express a continuous habit.

  ➔ "keep" emphasizes that the action happens repeatedly over time.

• Even though I wasn't happy here

  ➔ Concessive clause with 'even though' + past simple.

  ➔ "even though" introduces a contrast to the main idea.

• Cause I don't even know who you are

  ➔ Indirect question with 'who' after a verb of knowledge.

  ➔ "who" functions as the object of "know" within the indirect question.