Tom: C
C/G G
The building was burning, the plaster was crumbling
Am F
I lost my sense and I ran back inside
C/G G
The groan of the floorboards, and heat spreading under them
Am F F F5/C F F5/C
Billowing smoke, in my throat and my eyes
[Verse 2]
C/G G
The kitchen ablaze and the wallpaper curling
Am F
The table where you and I figured it out
C/G G
At two in the morning, alive and uncertain
Am F F F5/C F F5/C
Just talking in circles, dreaming aloud
[Chorus]
Em Am F C G
Anthony I’m afraid, alone in the building, the billowing flame
Am F F5/C
And I lost my mind I guess
C F C
I thought I knew what forever meant
[Verse 3]
C/G G
A crash in the hallway, the photographs falling
Am F
The shattering glass, like rain coming down
C/G G
The one of you standing, your hands in your pockets
Am F F F5/C F F5/C
The look on your face, obscured by the sun
[Chorus]
Em Am F C G
Anthony I’m afraid, alone in the building, the billowing flame
Am F F5/C
And I lost my mind I guess
C F C
I thought I knew what forever meant
Dm G C F
The heat and the hunger, the smoke in the sky
Dm G C F
The feeling of losing, and something on fire
[Verse 4]
(Very light G bass note throughout this entire next verse)
C/G
And up in the bedroom, the curtains all blackened
C/G
The bed where I loved you beginning to burn
C/G
I opened the window where I used to call you
C/G
Below in the garden you’re already gone
[Chorus]
Am F C G
Anthony I’m afraid, alone in the building, the billowing flame
Am F F5/C
And I lost my mind I guess
C F C
I thought I knew what forever meant
C F C
I thought I knew what forever meant
