Eb                                             Bb
I write my name down at the bottom and there's closure
Eb                                            Bb
I crack my brittle hands, I'm feeling so much older
Cm        Eb             Cm             Eb
And now I understand why they call it a breakthrough
Ab                            Fm            Eb
Air rushes through the hole I didn't fix to take you
Eb                                    Bb
So single-mindedly I toiled on my own so
Eb
I shouldn't be surprised to find myself alone; solo
Ab                     Fm
Awaiting revelries and victories with myself
Ab                                       Bb
The puzzle is complete and so I drink to my health


[Chorus]
Ab               Bb
The breakthrough; the breakdown
Ab                       Bb      Eb
The perfection situates, but you didn't stick around
Ab           Bb
I breakdown, I can't break through
Fm                    Ab             Bb                    Eb
All my timelines fall away, drifting out my field of view


[Verse 2]
Eb                                      Bb
Drifting back to better times guided by ethanol
Eb                           Bb
3 AM, mass again, we found a protocol
Cm                      Eb
Untangling the knots we tied ourselves together
Ab                   Fm             Bb
Until exhausted, finally we cut the tether
Eb
All aboard the carousel, we're going round again

So many cycles in my mind, a mental loop inside my brain
Cm
And now I understand why they call it a breakthrough
Ab                           Fm             Bb            Ab
Hotel corridors and bathroom floors, I tear myself in two


[Chorus]
Ab               Bb
The breakthrough; the breakdown
Ab                       Bb      Eb
The perfection situates, but you didn't stick around
Ab           Bb
I breakdown, I can't break through
Fm                    Ab             Bb                   Eb
All my timelines fall away, drifting out my field of view


[Bridge]
Ab               Bb
The breakthrough; the breakdown
Ab                       Bb      Eb
The perfection situates, but you didn't stick around
Ab           Bb
I breakdown, I can't break through
Fm                    Ab             Bb                 Ab
All my timelines fall away, drifting out my field of view


[Outro]
Ab                Bb
The breakthrough; the breakdown
Ab                      Eb
The perfection situates, but you didn't stick around
Ab           Bb
I breakdown, I can't break through
Fm                          Ab
All my timelines fall away, drifting out my field of view
Fm                          Ab       Bb                Eb
All my timelines fall away, drifting out my field of view