The band's debut album, The Beginning, which consisted entirely of instrumental music, was released in 1990 with average success. By 1993, the band released the follow-up, The New Shape, with the line-up expanded to include Sławomir Romanowski and Robert Amirian. The album featured vocals by Robert Janson and Robert Amirian, along with guest vocalists including Edyta Bartosiewicz.
The band's breakthrough was the 1994 album Emu, which marked a significant change in musical direction, i.e. the band now had a lead singer, Anita Lipnicka, and started performing primarily in Polish. This formula was highly successful, and both Emu and the following 1995 album, Elf, sold more than half a million copies each. In 1995, the band won a Polish music award, the Fryderyk, for best Polish music group. Furthermore, the band provided a number of songs (mostly from Elf) for the soundtrack of the movie Młode wilki.
In 1996, Varius Manx appeared on the television show "Szansa na sukces", a kind of karaoke show in which the participants sing the songs of the visiting band. The winner of the show was the 19-year-old Kasia Stankiewicz. When, shortly afterwards, Amirian and Lipnicka both left the band, the remaining members asked Stankiewicz to join the band as new lead singer. This new line-up recorded Ego, which featured the band's biggest hit to date, the song "Orła cień".
In 1997, the band released its 6th album, End, which was a commercial hit, though it sold far less that the band's preceding albums.
In 2000, Varius Manx released their first compilation album Najlepsze z dobrych, which included four new songs along with remastered versions of the band's greatest hits. Shortly afterwards, Kasia Stankiewicz left the band and was replaced by Monika Kuszyńska. With her as lead singer, the band recorded the albums Eta (2001), Eno (2002) and Emi (2004).
In 2006, during the band's summer tour, the band members were involved in a car accident, which left lead singer Monika Kuszyńska paralyzed from the waist down. The band suspended its activities until 2010, then with a new lead singer, Lari Lu, with whom the band recorded the album Eli (2011).
The band's current lead singer, since 2013, is Edi Ann.
Piosenka księżycowa
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Szkoda slów, reszte dopowie ksiezyc
Spisz, staram sie oddychac szeptem
Posciel jeszcze pachnie ogniem naszych cial
Kiedys znajde dla nas dom, z wielkim oknem na swiat
Znowu zaczniesz ufac mi, nie pozwole ci sie bac
Kiedys wszystkie czarne dni obrócimy w dobry zart
Znowu bedziesz ufac mi... teraz spij...
Wiem, dobrze wiem potrafie ranic tak jak nikt
Przykro mi. Nie wiem co robic, gdy placzesz
Juz nie smiejesz sie jak kiedys, wszystko jest inaczej
Kolejny raz prosze cie o ostatnia szanse
Kiedys znajde dla nas dom, z wielkim oknem na swiat
Znowu zaczniesz ufac mi, nie pozwole ci sie bac
Kiedys wszystkie czarne dni obrócimy w dobry zart
Znowu bedziesz ufac mi... teraz spij
The lyrics to Varius Manx's song "Piosenka księżycowa" (Moon Song) describe a peaceful moment shared between two lovers as they fall asleep together. The opening lines set the scene, painting a picture of stillness and silence after a tumultuous day. The singer tells their partner to sleep beautifully, and that the moon will fill in the rest of the words. The singer speaks in hushed tones, explaining that they are trying to breathe quietly so as not to wake their partner. The scene is also set with the description of the bedding that still smells of the fire created by their bodies.
The second verse reveals a deeper level of complexity in the relationship. The singer admits to having hurt their partner deeply in the past and recognizes that everything has changed. They are saddened by the fact that their partner no longer laughs as they once did. The singer pleads for one last chance and promises to someday find them a home with a large window to the world. The final lines of the song return to the peaceful moment at hand, as the singer implores their partner to sleep.
Overall, the lyrics explore the idea of broken relationships and the struggle to regain trust and love that was once shared. The serene moment described in the song contrasts with the singer's confession of past wrongs, adding to the bittersweet nature of the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Spisz pieknie tak, po katach cisza gra
You sleep so beautifully with silence playing around you
Szkoda slów, reszte dopowie ksiezyc
Words are not necessary, the moon will fill in the rest
Spisz, staram sie oddychac szeptem
Sleep, I try to breathe in whispers
Posciel jeszcze pachnie ogniem naszych cial
The sheets still smell like the fire of our bodies
Kiedys znajde dla nas dom, z wielkim oknem na swiat
One day, I will find a home for us with a large window to the world
Znowu zaczniesz ufac mi, nie pozwole ci sie bac
You will trust me again, I won't let you be afraid
Kiedys wszystkie czarne dni obrócimy w dobry zart
One day, we will turn all the black days into good jokes
Znowu bedziesz ufac mi... teraz spij...
You will trust me again... now sleep...
Wiem, dobrze wiem potrafie ranic tak jak nikt
I know, I know very well how to hurt like no one else
Przykro mi. Nie wiem co robic, gdy placzesz
I'm sorry. I don't know what to do when you cry
Juz nie smiejesz sie jak kiedys, wszystko jest inaczej
You don't laugh like you used to, everything is different
Kolejny raz prosze cie o ostatnia szanse
I ask you for one last chance
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