Home – English Lyrics

• By: Pentatonix

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of unity and harmony with Pentatonix's "Home", a captivating a cappella medley. This song combines popular melodies about 'home' to create a powerful message of belonging and connection, perfect for exploring themes of comfort and love through the art of music.

[English]

♪ I should've stayed at home ♪

♪ 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go ♪

♪ Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? ♪

♪ Welcome to my house ♪

♪ Play that music too loud ♪

♪ Show me what you do now ♪

♪ We don't have to go out ♪

♪ Welcome to ♪

♪ Our house (Our house) in the middle of our street ♪

♪ Our house (Our house)in the middle of our ♪

♪ Our house is a very, very, very fine house ♪

♪ I ain't worried 'bout nothin' ♪

♪ I ain't wearin' na-nada ♪

♪ I'm sittin' pretty, impatient but I know you gotta ♪

♪ We can work from home, oh-oh, oh-oh (work from home) ♪

♪ We can work from home, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ If you're gonna be a homebody ♪

♪ We're gonna have a house party ♪

♪ If you gonna be a homebody ♪

♪ We're gonna have a house party ♪

♪ Oh, home, let me come home ♪

♪ Home is wherever I'm with you ♪

♪ Settle down, it'll all be clear (hoo-hoo) ♪

♪ Don't pay no mind to the demons ♪

♪ They fill you with fear (hoo-hoo) ♪

♪ Just know you're not alone ♪

♪ Cause I'm gonna make this place your home ♪

♪ Oh, take me there ♪

♪ Won't you take me there? ♪

♪ Won't you take me home? ♪

♪ Let me go home ♪

♪ I'm just too far from where you are ♪

♪ I wanna come home ♪

♪ Well, I'm going home ♪

♪ Back to the place where I belong (where I belong) ♪

♪ And where your love has always been enough for me (been enough for me) ♪

♪ Times have changed and times are strange ♪

♪ Here I come, but I ain't the same (Du du du) ♪

♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪

♪ Home sweet home ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection for someone
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - a social gathering of people for celebration or entertainment
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a purpose
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to drop or descend under the force of gravity
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces suddenly or forcefully
clear /klɪər/ A2	adjective - easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
demon /ˈdiːmən/ B1	noun - an evil spirit or devil
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the right place or environment
strange /streɪndʒ/ A2	adjective - unusual or surprising
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ A1	adjective - as much as necessary
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - having the pleasant taste of sugar
welcome /ˈwɛlkəm/ A1	verb - to greet the arrival of someone
impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ B1	adjective - not willing to wait for something

Key Grammar Structures

• I should've stayed at home

  ➔ Modal perfect (should have + past participle)

  ➔ The phrase "should've" is a contraction of "should have" and is used to express regret about a past action that did not happen.

• Now there ain't no letting you go

  ➔ Double negative with colloquial contraction "ain't" and gerund phrase

  ➔ The word "ain't" is a colloquial contraction for "is not/are not". Combined with "no" it creates a double negative, which in informal English emphasizes the negation: "there is no letting you go".

• Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart?

  ➔ Present continuous question + relative clause with modal "could"

  ➔ The verb "falling" is in the present continuous form, used for actions happening now. The relative clause "that could break my heart" uses the modal "could" to express possibility.

• We don't have to go out

  ➔ Negative modal of necessity "don't have to"

  ➔ "Don't have to" means there is no necessity or obligation: "We are not required to go out".

• We can work from home

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + bare infinitive

  ➔ "Can" expresses ability or possibility. It is followed by the base form of the verb: "work".

• If you're gonna be a homebody

  ➔ Informal future with "gonna" + conditional clause

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to". The whole clause is a first‑type conditional (real possibility).

• Home is wherever I'm with you

  ➔ Relative adverb "wherever" + present continuous

  ➔ "Wherever" means "in any place that". The clause "I'm with you" uses the present continuous to describe a current state.

• I'm just too far from where you are

  ➔ Comparative "too...to" and relative clause "where you are"

  ➔ "Too...to" expresses excess that prevents something: "too far to...". The relative clause "where you are" specifies the location.

• Times have changed and times are strange

  ➔ Present perfect "have changed" vs. simple present "are"

  ➔ "Have changed" is present perfect, indicating a change that started in the past and has relevance now. "Are" describes a current state.