What is 'helter skelter' and 'kilter'?
Hi everybody!
I liked the song 'Wild Child' of Enya. So I wanted understand it and have found lyrics. (You can see that at: http://www.amalgama-lab.com/songs/e/enya/wild_child.html )

And there is such words:

Only take the time
from the helter skelter
every day you find
everything's in kilter

Though, there is translation into Russian on the page I mentioned, I wanna more details.
'everything's in kilter' is translated as 'всё в порядке'. But Google translate it as 'все в беспорядке' . It is a quite opposite meaning!
And 'helter skelter' is what Google can't translate at all.
Tell me the true, please! :)

Question

What is 'helter skelter' and 'kilter'?
Hi everybody!
I liked the song 'Wild Child' of Enya. So I wanted understand it and have found lyrics. (You can see that at: http://www.amalgama-lab.com/songs/e/enya/wild_child.html )

And there is such words:

Only take the time
from the helter skelter
every day you find
everything's in kilter

  Though, there is translation into Russian on the page I mentioned, I wanna more details.
  'everything's in kilter' is translated as 'всё в порядке'. But Google translate it as 'все в беспорядке' . It is a quite opposite meaning!
  And 'helter skelter' is what Google can't translate at all.
Tell me the true, please! :)

Answer

"Helter-skelter" is an idiom; it means: "very quickly, rushed, in a disorganized manner," like: 

"On Christmas morning kids usually run down the stairs helter-skelter to get to their presents." 

It can also mean: "the state of being hectic." Like: 

"The helter-skelter of modern life." 

"Kilter" = "In good condition, in working order; proper form."

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A helter skelter is also a ride at a fairground. It's a long slide which spins you around and down a tower making you go dizzy!

Kilter means 'in good condition'.

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Meaning of kilter - in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"
orderliness, order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

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Meanings of helter skelter
adv.

1. In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell.
   2. Haphazardly.

adj.

1. Carelessly hurried and confused.
   2. Haphazard.

n.
Turmoil; confusion.

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Helter skelter means a lot of activity almost rushed of your feet ,running in all directions the usual frenetic activity of busy daily life that we get caught up in.
In Kilter mean in balance or balanced, as it should be .

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