Aksak Maboul - Un Caïd (Official Music Video)

From Aksak Maboul’s EP "Un Caïd"
Directed by Yoann Stehr

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Video & track performed by Véronique Vincent, Faustine Hollander, Erik Heestermans, Lucien Fraipont & Marc Hollander.

Song written by Véronique Vincent (words) & Marc Hollander (music)

Un Caïd
Quoi ce type ? On dit qu’il est poète
Un caïd, le vrai chef de file
D’un mouvement, d’une pensée secrète
Théorie en équilibre fragile
Tu dis quoi ?               Tu dis quoi ?
Tu dis tout                  Tu dis tout
Tu dis oui                   Tu dis rien
Tu sais tout                Tu tais tout
Tes paroles coulent, savantes volutes
Tes yeux hazel, les guident tous azimuts
M’évitent, me frôlent, partout s’enroulent
Au mât de notre bateau-poème sur la houle
Et tes yeux hazel, fantomatiques sphènes
Cristaux somnambules, braises floutées adamantines
Fixent l’invisible, oh zazou tu t’obstines
Tes paupières, hermétique Eden, recèlent d’artificiels phosphènes
Tu parles tu parles, au plafond au mur
Mais ne réponds jamais jamais, c’est sûr
Ta liberté, c’est ta solitude
T’es qui ? T’existes ? Poète, néant ou multitude ? 
Et tes yeux hazel, fantomatiques sphènes
Cristaux somnambules, braises flouées adamantines
Fixent l’invisible, oh zazou tu t’obstines
Tes paupières, hermétique Eden, recèlent d’artificiels phosphènes

A Bigshot
Who’s this guy? They say he’s a poet
A bigshot, a spearhead, the lance
Of a movement, of a secret thought
A theory in fragile balance
You say what? You say what?
You say all You say all
You say yes You say nothing
You know all You know all
Your words flow, savant scrolls
Your hazel eyes, guiding them in rolls
Coiling about, avoiding me, brushing me
On the mast of our boat-poem in rough sea
And your hazel eyes, ghostly sphenes
Somnambulist gems, cloudy adamantine ember
Staring at the invisible, oh zazou you linger
Your eyelids, hermetic Eden, contain artificial phosphenes
You talk and talk, to the ceiling, to the wall
But never answer anything at all
Your freedom is your solitude
Who are you? Do you exist? Poet, void, or multitude?
And your hazel eyes, ghostly sphenes
Somnambulist gems, cloudy adamantine cinder
Staring at the invisible, oh zazou you linger
Your eyelids, hermetic Eden, conceal artificial phosphenes

[TheDuduKarate]

Woooaaaah i cant sleep cuz you're too good and this is pure magic ❤️

[SkodaUFOInternational]

Funny how Stereolab sounded like they were influenced by Aksak Maboul, but now Aksak Maboul sounds like they are influenced by Stereolab

[FurtherFielder]

Way ahead of many for years - loved them for years also - excellent stuff :-)

[houssemchakroun]

je vous aime beaucoup since milano x caso, fausto coppi, je pleure tt le temp ... <3