You’re Not Home – English Lyrics

• By: Keane
• Album: Cause & Effect

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive power of Keane's "You're Not Home" and explore the nuances of expressing loss and loneliness in English. This song offers a poignant look at how everyday language can be used to paint a vivid picture of heartbreak, making it a compelling piece for language learners to connect with universal emotions through beautifully crafted lyrics.

[English]

The click of the front door

Your clothes left on the floor

Bike wheels, still turning

Where you left them on the back lawn

Your voices recede and

your fingers slip from my hand

White skies and silence

A lifeless wind burns through the downland

And it's cold, cold, cold, cold, cold

And you're not home, home, home, home, home

I sit and stare, I sit and stare

Into my phone, phone, phone, phone, phone

I love that silver-grey first morning light

I see that fearless love in your blue eyes

Think I can picture some new shape of life

But now you're not home

No, you're not home

Not home

And it's cold, cold, cold, cold, cold

When you're not home, home, home, home, home

I sit and stare, I sit and stare

Into my phone, phone, phone, phone, phone

I love that silver-grey first morning light

I see that fearless love in your blue eyes

Think I can picture some new shape of life

But now you're not home

No, you're not home

Not home

I love that silver-grey first morning light

I see that fearless love in your blue eyes

Think I can picture some new shape of life

But now you're not home

No, you're not home

Not home

No, you're not home

Not home

No, you're not home

Not home

No, you're not home

No, you're not home

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - The place where one lives permanently; a house or apartment. adverb - At or to the place where one lives.
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - Of a low temperature; having or being a temperature that is much lower than the usual or expected.
stare /stɛər/ B1	verb - Look fixedly with wide open eyes, typically in amazement, horror, or boredom.
phone /foʊn/ A1	noun - A telephone.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - An intense feeling of deep affection. verb - Feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone); feel a deep admiration for (something).
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - The organs of sight. (Plural of 'eye')
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
click /klɪk/ B1	noun - A short, sharp sound. verb - Make a click.
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - Items of dress.
lawn /lɔːn/ A2	noun - An area of short grass in a garden or park.
recede /rɪˈsiːd/ B2	verb - Go or move back or further away from a previous position.
slip /slɪp/ B1	verb - Slide unintentionally for a short distance; lose one's footing. noun - An act of sliding unintentionally; a minor or careless mistake.
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ A2	noun - Complete absence of sound.
lifeless /ˈlaɪfləs/ B2	adjective - Having no life; inanimate; lacking energy or spirit.
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
downland /ˈdaʊnlənd/ C1	noun - An area of open rolling country, typically on chalk or limestone, common in southern England.
fearless /ˈfɪərləs/ B2	adjective - Lacking fear; brave.
shape /ʃeɪp/ A2	noun - The external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the way in which something is arranged.
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ B1	noun - A painting, drawing, or photograph. verb - Form a mental image of; imagine.