Aztlán tells different stories from Mexican history, as you will see in the lyrics and track listing. This theme plays a role in both the lyrics and the music – it’s when they’re put together that the album truly becomes something special. Musically, there are many complex elements and a lot of styles are incorporated, and this represents how many influences make up who we are. Percussion is one of civilization’s first musical instruments, so we spent a lot of time incorporating different styles that helped tell the story. We also incorporated a lot of orchestration including a live string ensemble, organs, traditional Mexican folk styles, and more to truly bring the music to life.

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LYRICS (SPANISH/NÁHUATL)

Niwinti, nichoka, niknotlamati, nik mati, nikihtoa,
nik ilnamiki: Ma ka aik nimiki In kan ahmikoa

Al despertar
En otro mundo estás
Debes cruzar
Tu xolo te guiará

Quiero ver en el camino
Pluma azul, jade y destino
¿Eres tú? ¿Mictecacihuatl?
¿Lograré pasar las pruebas del Mictlán?

In kan ahmikoa,
in kan on tepetiwa, in ma onkan niaw...
Ma ka aik nimiki, ma Mictlán

Cerros pasar
Vientos te han de llevar
Siempre hacia el sur
Las flechas lloverán

Y al final, alma serena
Líbrame de todas las penas.
¿Eres tú? ¿Mictlantecutli?
He pasado al fin, las pruebas del Mictlán

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LYRICS (ENGLISH)

Nahuatl:
Niwinti, nichoka, niknotlamati,
nik mati, nikihtoa, nik ilnamiki:
Ma ka aik nimiki In kan ahmikoa
(I am intoxicated, I cry, I mourn, I think, I say,
within myself I find it: if it never disappeared).

Open your eyes
In another land afar
You must travers
Your guide awaits you there.

I’ll join you there
On the path you tread
Azul plumes, jade, destiny, light
Is that you, Mictecacihuatl?
I shall boldly take, this passage to Mictlan

Nahuatl:
In kan ahmikoa,
In kan on tepetiwa, in ma onkan niaw...
Ma ka aik nimiki, ma Mictlán
(There, where there is no death, there, where she is conquered, may I go there...
If I never died, I hope, Mictlán...)

Mountains we’ll scale
The winds will take us there
Always heading south
With arrows raining down

In the end, serene spirit
Set me free
From all this torment
Is that you, Mictlantecutli?
At last I have made, my passage to Mictlán
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