YOU SAID:
I had wanted to go home
INTO JAPANESE
家に帰りたかった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted to go home.
INTO JAPANESE
私は家に帰りたいです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to go home.
INTO JAPANESE
私は家に帰りたい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to go home
INTO JAPANESE
私は家に帰りたい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to go home
That didn't even make that much sense in English.