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