Equilibrium
Tristania (Ashes - 2005) Lyrics

This is the slowest dance
The dance being referred to is the slowest and longest one.

The dance of a thousand years
The dance has been around for a thousand years, it is very old.

The dance of the frozen statues
The dancers in the dance use their best statue-like imitation.

Clinging together in tears
The dancers are crying and need each other for support.

This is the darkest fight
This fight is the worst one ever experienced.

The fight of a thousand years
This fight has taken place for a thousand years, it is very old.

The pounding of blood
The sound of blood rushing through veins is very loud.

Through our veins
The blood is flowing through the veins of the fighters.

In our veins
The fighters' veins are full of emotions.

In our eyes
Fear is evident in the fighters' eyes.

The circles of fear
The fear is all-encompassing and never-ending.

I cling to you
One fighter holds on tightly to the other.

So cold, so bright
The fighter being held is cold and has a bright personality.

Cling to me through the night
The fighters will hold each other through the dark and scary night.

Motionless faces
The fighters' faces are still and unchanging.

Park of the wasted
The place they're in is a park filled with people who are wasted.

In the pale gloom
The setting is pale and gloomy.

I hang on to you
One fighter is holding onto the other tightly.

I am safe and cool
The fighter being held feels safe and not in danger.

I swim in you
The fighter is immersed in the other fighter's emotions and personality.

In your dark rivers
The emotions and personality of the other fighter are dark and deep.

Dive in your mind
One fighter is exploring the other fighter's thoughts.

Search for your monsters
The fighter is trying to understand the other fighter's fears.

Search for resistance
The fighter is looking for a way to overcome obstacles and challenges.

Sink into the mud
The fighter is sinking into the dark thoughts of the other fighter.

Dance in the halls of insanity
The fighters are surrounded by insanity and they dance within it.

Yet madness is
Madness is still present despite the dance.

Your highest deed
Madness is the most important thing to the fighters.

Your vanity
The fighters are obsessed with their own desires and needs.

Mistress - you made me
The other fighter is being called a mistress who has created and controlled the other fighter.

Mistress - you saved me
The mistress has also saved the other fighter.

In your cold hands
The other fighter is in the mistress' hands, which are cold and lifeless.

I am just a tool
The fighter realizes that they are being used as a pawn by the mistress.