Beyond mixing, AXIAL intends to connect art and ideas through music. Sandra… Read Full Bio ↴Beyond mixing, AXIAL intends to connect art and ideas through music. Sandra Ximenez (vocals and keyboard) and Felipe Julian (basses and computers) coupled with sax and clarinet player Leonardo Muniz Correa to present a new way of listening, joining electronic and electroacustic music, world music, literature and technology. This connection inspires the audience to rediscover the ability to listen in a creative way. A new language inspired by an ancient tongue.

Papaloko
Axial Lyrics

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Papaloko ou sé van
Pousé-n alé
Nou sé papiyon
Na pote nouvèl bay agoué

E tou sa ki di biyin
Jé-m layé
E tou sa ki di mal o-o

Jé-m layé

Papaloko ou sé van éy
Pousé-n alé
Nou sé papiyon
Na poté nouvèl bay agoué

Paròl Papaloko, paròl ampil-o
Pousé-n alé

Nou sé papiyon
Na poté nouvèl bay agoué

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Axial's song Papaloko are in Haitian Creole and the song pays homage to the Vodou spirit, Papaloko. The song begins with the line "Papaloko, you are the wind, blow us away" which is a reference to Papaloko being the spirit of the wind. The next lines "We are butterflies, bring us news from Agoué" refer to the idea that Vodou practitioners believe that butterflies are messengers between the living and the dead. Agoué is a region in Haiti where many Vodou rituals take place.

The next lines of the song, "Everything that speaks the truth, I believe it. Everything that is bad, I reject it," express the idea of discernment in Vodou. Practitioners believe in truth and righteousness but also understand that there are negative forces that must be rejected. The song then returns to the chorus, with the repetition of "Papaloko, you are the wind, blow us away."

Overall, the song expresses the importance of Papaloko in Vodou and the belief in truth and righteousness.

Line by Line Meaning

Papaloko ou sé van
Papaloko is the wind

Pousé-n alé
Push us away

Nou sé papiyon
We are butterflies

Na pote nouvèl bay agoué
We bring news of the winds

E tou sa ki di biyin
And all that speaks good

Jé-m layé
I believe it

E tou sa ki di mal o-o
And all that speaks ill

Jé-m layé
I believe it

Paròl Papaloko, paròl ampil-o
Words of Papaloko, many words

Pousé-n alé
Push us away