My best enemy

We're like Castor and Pollux, but with a minus vector,
Your poison in my bloodstream — no longer a virus, but a stimulus.
I built Carthage, you poured salt on the ruins,
My best enemy, you and I are two halves of the same guillotine.
You know my patterns, you read my lips,
Where I build a temple, you immediately strike the domes.
But without your hate my skill would have stalled long ago,
You are my personal Mephistopheles, my artificial god.

Припев
My best enemy. The perfect antipode.
The one who drags me to the bottom, but forces me to move forward.
It's a tango on the blade, an eternal zugzwang,
I'm your worst nightmare, you are my best enemy.


Look, we're bound by a hatred stronger than a marriage contract,
Every lunge of yours is my new creative act.
You thought you were a predator? No, you're just a sparring partner,
Tossing brushwood into my internal inquisitorial bonfire.
I studied you under a magnifying glass, like the works of Machiavelli,
We've both succeeded greatly in this carousel.
Without Batman there is no Joker, without darkness there is no light,
My best enemy — I am grateful for the specifics of the subject.

Припев
My best enemy. The perfect antipode.
The one who drags me to the bottom, but forces me to move forward.
It's a tango on the blade, an eternal zugzwang,
I'm your worst nightmare, you are my best enemy.


Fake friends leave, dissolving in falsehood,
And you stand opposite. Come on, tell me, what's next?
Your strike misses the target, my response goes straight to the temple.
In this chess game, the sand is soaked with blood.

Припев
My best enemy. The perfect antipode.
The one who drags me to the bottom, but forces me to move forward.
It's a tango on the blade, an eternal zugzwang,
I'm your worst nightmare, you are my best enemy.

My best enemy.
Checkmate.
Until the next round.
Curtain.