Funhouse – English Lyrics

• By: P!nk
• Album: Greatest Hits...So Far!!!

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(upbeat music)

♪ I dance around this empty house ♪

♪ Tear us down, throw you out ♪

♪ Screaming down the halls ♪

♪ Spinning all around and now we fall ♪

♪ Pictures framing up the past ♪

♪ You're taunting smirk behind the glass ♪

♪ This museum full of ash ♪

♪ Once a tickle, now a rash ♪

♪ This used to be a funhouse ♪

♪ But now it's full of evil clowns ♪

♪ It's time to start the countdown ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down, down, down ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down ♪

♪ 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fun ♪

♪ Echoes knocking on locked doors ♪

♪ All the laughter from before ♪

♪ I'd rather live out on the street ♪

♪ Than in this haunted memory ♪

♪ I've called the movers, called the maids ♪

♪ We'll try to exorcise this place ♪

♪ Drag my mattress to the yard ♪

♪ Crumble tumble house of cards ♪

♪ This used to be a funhouse ♪

♪ But now it's full of evil clowns ♪

♪ It's time to start the countdown ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down, down, down ♪

♪ This used to be a funhouse ♪

♪ But now it's full of evil clowns ♪

♪ It's time to start the countdown ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down, down, down ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down ♪

♪ 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fun ♪

♪ Oh, I'm crawling through the doggy door ♪

♪ My key don't fit my lock no more ♪

♪ I'll change the drapes ♪

♪ I'll break the plates ♪

♪ I'll find a new place ♪

♪ Burn this fucker down ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪

♪ This used to be a funhouse ♪

♪ But now it's full of evil clowns ♪

♪ It's time to start the countdown ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down, down, down ♪

♪ I'm gonna burn it down ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dɑːns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
tear /teər/ A2	verb - to pull something apart by force
scream /skriːm/ A2	verb - to shout loudly, especially in fear or anger
spin /spɪn/ A2	verb - to rotate rapidly
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to move downward, typically rapidly and freely
frame /freɪm/ B1	verb - to enclose in a frame
taunt /tɔːnt/ B2	verb - to provoke or mock
museum /mjuːˈziːəm/ A2	noun - a building where objects of historical, cultural, or artistic interest are stored or exhibited
ash /æʃ/ A2	noun - the powdery residue left after burning
funhouse /ˈfʌn.haʊs/ B1	noun - an amusement building with funny mirrors, moving walkways, etc.
evil /ˈiːvəl/ A2	adjective - morally wrong or bad
clown /klaʊn/ A1	noun - a comic performer, often in a circus
countdown /ˈkaʊnt.daʊn/ B1	noun - a backward count to indicate time remaining
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to destroy by fire
echo /ˈek.oʊ/ A2	noun - a sound repeated by reflection
exorcise /ˈɛk.sɔːr.saɪz/ C1	verb - to expel an evil spirit from someone or something
crumble /ˈkrʌm.bəl/ B1	verb - to break into small fragments
crawl /krɔːl/ A1	verb - to move on hands and knees or with the body close to the ground

Key Grammar Structures

• I dance around this empty house

  ➔ Present Simple

  ➔ The verb "dance" is in the present simple to describe a habitual action.

• I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

  ➔ Future intention with "going to" (colloquial contraction)

  ➔ "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", used to talk about a planned future action.

• I've called the movers, called the maids

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "I've called" is present perfect, indicating an action completed in the recent past with present relevance.

• We'll try to exorcise this place

  ➔ Future with "will" + infinitive

  ➔ "We'll try" uses the modal "will" to form a simple future, followed by the infinitive "to exorcise".

• Drag my mattress to the yard

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ The base form "Drag" is an imperative, giving a direct command.

• This used to be a funhouse

  ➔ "used to" for past habit/state

  ➔ "used to be" indicates a situation that existed in the past but no longer does.

• It's time to start the countdown

  ➔ "it's time to + infinitive" idiom

  ➔ "It's time to start" uses the idiom "it's time to" followed by the infinitive "start" to express that now is the appropriate moment.

• I'm crawling through the doggy door

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ "I'm crawling" is present continuous, describing an action that is happening right now.

• I'll change the drapes

  ➔ Future with "will" + bare infinitive

  ➔ "I'll change" combines "will" with the bare infinitive "change" to state a decision made about the future.