L'équilibre Lyrics in English Kyo

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'équilibre by Kyo from French to English.
The first night we lock together
Then sweaty we peel apart
Back to back like a long caress
That slowly slips away
The thousandth night we suffocate
Need air and need space
Our feet hold on because they're touching
Then we dodge each other 'cause we're tired of it
We dream of an unknown taste in our mouths
Nostalgia doesn't kick in anymore
It's a pill that chokes us
Then there's this woman circling around
Doing her dance that sows doubt
And she waters it with her smiles
My god how sweet the feeling is
The balance is fragile
When we sail between the shores
I start, you finish
The storm holds us
Still
She presses where it hurts
Until I crack
Until my values collapse
And I go through with it
Then calmly everything explodes
There'll be the before and the after
Like a dose of adrenaline
Wickedly injected
And then I come home every night
Each time a little later
Before every kiss it's the shower
To say hello and goodnight
I feel like I'm going crazy
It's arrhythmia in the myocardium
Am I losing my footing
Is this really the end of our story
The balance is fragile
When we sail between the shores
I start, you finish
The storm holds us
Still
Tonight you didn't sleep
I found you in the dark
Eyes swollen with contempt
With sadness and with rage
Voice broken by tears
You want to know all the details
Where, when, how
And what she has that you don't
Like a helpless child
I try to hold you
But the door slams
My life has just blown to pieces
And the silence beats me up
When I no longer hear your voice
I try to gauge
The extent of the damage
But it's too late
The balance is fragile
When we sail between the shores
I start, you finish
The storm holds us
Still
They tell me you're okay
That you've rebuilt your life
And he's nothing like me
That he'll never make you suffer
But I'm not okay
I haven't rebuilt my life
I'm just left here like an idiot
In a bad romantic comedy
Listening to our songs
Watching our old movies
Until I know by heart
The first letters we wrote each other
But when love is too strong
It doesn't want us to bail
And I find you at my door
With your two little suitcases
The first night we lock together
Then sweaty we peel apart
Back to back like a long caress
That slowly slips away
The thousandth night we suffocate
Need air and need space
And I feel like every night
You're the one who comes home a little later
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SONG MEANING

Picture love as a tightrope and "L'équilibre" is the soundtrack of two acrobats wobbling above the void. Kyo sweeps us from the electric rush of the very first night—all sweat, heat and whispered promises—to the thousandth night, where the same bodies lie back-to-back, gasping for air and space. A seductive outsider circles the couple, sowing doubt with dazzling smiles, until temptation snaps the rope. The song paints each stage with cinematic detail: secret showers to wash away guilt, racing heartbeats out of sync, and that chilling moment when the door slams and silence punches harder than words.

Yet the story is not a simple fall. "L'équilibre" reminds us that desire, regret and nostalgia spin in loops. While one partner rebuilds elsewhere, the narrator is stuck in a "bad romantic comedy," replaying shared songs and old movies until the twist ending—she appears at his door with two small suitcases. The balance between comfort and boredom, fidelity and adventure, collapse and renewal is fragile; lose focus for a second, and gravity does the rest. Kyo’s lyrics turn this universal tug-of-war into an intimate, bittersweet journey that makes listeners ask: How steady is my own tightrope?

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