Life on Venus is a shoegaze band from Moscow, Russia.

It all started… Read Full Bio ↴Life on Venus is a shoegaze band from Moscow, Russia.

It all started somewhere across 2015, when they got to know each other - mostly while playing in other bands - and occasionally began to write songs together. The band is now Dima (bass, vocals), Oleg (guitar) and Gulya (drums).

The band used to gather in those small rehearsal studios and soviet-era dorm rooms, trying to shape that dreamy sound they are known for nowadays. In 2016, they managed to release an EP, "Distant lights", manifesting themselves in the shoegaze scene.

Their first full length album, "Encounters", was recorded almost a year after the EP. The band's reverb-drenched guitars and distant, almost whispery vocals made a pefrect duo along with catchy, pulsating rhythm section. The recording process didn't take long, most of the songs were done in a couple of takes. Then there were series of sleepless nights which Dima, the band's songwriter, singer and guitarist, spent mixing and mastering the tapes, but it was all worth every minute. The record has got the vibe the band's been looking and reaching for - noisy, surreal atmopshere and dreamy melodies followed by soft and hazy vocal lines.

Life on Venus ended 2018 with a single named "For the Kill". Fast and punchy drums accompanied by dark and mellow lines of baritone guitars opened a new way to describe the feelings and tell the stories the band had come up with.

May
Life On Venus Lyrics

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Those were early signs of may
Honey sun and crystal rains
Colours run and slowly sway
I wish I could find a way
To stay the same

Our quiet voices fade in endless night
Until the morning comes we're out of sight

I hope it's right

Those were early signs of may
But it's colder every day
Colours run and slowly sway
I wish I could find a way
To stay the same

Our quiet voices fade in endless night

Until the morning comes we're out of sight
I hope it's right

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Life On Venus's song "May" seem to be about the fleeting nature of time and how things are constantly changing. The early signs of May are described as being sunny with crystal rains and colors that run and sway slowly. The singer wishes that they could find a way to stay the same, but they know that time marches on and things will inevitably change.

The second verse talks about the passage of time more explicitly, with quiet voices fading out into the endless night. Even though things may seem static in the moment, everything is always moving forward, and soon things will be out of sight. The singer hopes that this is the right way for things to be.

Overall, the lyrics have a wistful and nostalgic feel to them, as the singer longs for a simpler time when things were less complicated and the world was more colorful. However, there is also an acceptance of the way things are, and a willingness to move forward into the unknown.

Line by Line Meaning

Those were early signs of may
The beginning of something hopeful and new

Honey sun and crystal rains
Beautiful weather and refreshing precipitation

Colours run and slowly sway
The vibrancy of nature in motion

I wish I could find a way / To stay the same
A desire to preserve the current moment and avoid change

Our quiet voices fade in endless night
The passing of time and the fleeting nature of life

Until the morning comes we're out of sight
The impermanence of existence

I hope it's right
A glimmer of optimism amidst uncertainty

But it's colder every day
The inevitable march of time and approaching winter

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