Renata Przemyk is a Polish singer and music writer.

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Renata Przemyk was born on 10th February 1966 in Bielsko-Biała, where she attended primary and secondary school. She enjoyed her childhood together with her parents, grandmother and brothers. After finishing school, Renata moved to Katowice and began to study Czech philology at University of Silesia.

In 1994 she moved to Cracow, and at the end of 1999 she decided to lead quiet life in the country near Cracow, away from the fuss of a big city, which enabled her to compose, make arrangements of her own songs and bring up her daughter in a peaceful atmosphere.

Her career as a singer started when she was a teenager, by singing with local rock bands. However, the real calling for music she developed during her studies when she was inspired by the music of Tom Waits, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. As a result of it, she started a band named "Ya Hozna" in 1989.

Although the fact, that the group lasted only for a year, they managed to release an album entitled "Ya Hozna", the album that revealed unique and original musical style of Renata Przemyk. After her music began to catch on, she started her solo career.

As an independent artist Renata has recorded and edited the following albums: "Mało zdolna szansonistka" (1992), "Tylko kobieta" (1994), "Andergrant" (1996), "Hormon" (1999), "Blizna" (2001), "Balladyna" (2002) - soundtrack from a play directed by Jan Machulski, "The best of" (2003) - a compilation of her most interesting songs, "Unikat" (2006).

From the beginning of her artistic path, she has been accompanied by her dearest friend and manager - Anna Saraniecka, who at the same time is the author of all lyrics. Mature and wise lyrics have the same importance for Renata's songs as the music, and are integral part of creating the unusual nature of her work.

Most of Renata's albums were awarded with a status of "golden album" for selling over 50.000 copies. Moreover, they were nominated and awarded many times - mostly for artistic individuality.

From the beginning of her career, the singer has also won numerous awards in various festivals in which she took part, including first prize in the festival in Cracow, "Karolinka" in Opole and "Bursztynowy Slowik" in Sopot.

As an artist that connects rock sounds with poetry and theatrical performance she could both perform - on the stage of a rock festival in Jarocin, and on prestigious festivals of stage song that took place in Wrocław and Köln. She has given concerts in France (Normandy, Britany, Paris) and in the USA (New York) but because of lyrics written in native language, she prefers to perform in front of the Polish publicity which can fully appreciate the words and also sing the songs with her.

Although, she has got many interests such as: art, cinema, the 19th and 20th century literature, modern theatre and drawing her own graphics, the most important for her is always music. She has cooperated with many artists but if it's for her art - she's always the only one who produces her ventures and decides about their character.

It is hard to classify her music - neither rock nor alternative nor poetry can describe what's deep inside it. She calls her music "an everlasting search for tones, sounds, emotions and climates not similar to anything that had been made before". That's why each album is different from the previous one. Nevertheless, there is always one motif in common - on every album we can hear the sound of accordion, an instrument the artist likes, despite all trends and fashions.

An individual and unique style of Renata's music has its origin in post-punk tones. However, the artist has been constantly using various instruments in her musical career. The electronic sounds were used for the first time by Renata on an album entitled "Hormon" in 1999, which at the same time was the first album composed by her. Since then she and the author of lyrics Anna Saraniecka have been the only "parents" of Renata's successes.

What is more, in plebiscites of two most important Polish weeklies - Polityka and Wprost, Renata has been chosen one of the most important artists of the last century.

Discography:

* Yahozna (1990)
* Mało zdolna szansonistka (1992)
* Tylko kobieta (1994)
* Andergrant (1996)
* Hormon (1999)
* Blizna (2001)
* Balladyna (2002)
* The best of Renata Przemyk (2003)
* Unikat (2006)
* Odjazd (2009)

Nie ty to ktoś
Renata Przemyk Lyrics

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Ty wilgotną dłonią bijesz każdy jęk
A śmiejesz się jeżeli mówię nie
Zakładasz że
Nie ja to ktoś
Ja wiem

Żart
Się kończy gdy dotykasz moich ud

I pieścisz słowa wykłamane z nut
Po których ja
Zrzucam co mam
Do dna

Jest
Zbyt blisko teraz ta granica ciał
Za którą kiedyś wszystko byś mi dał
Dynamit skór
I tango warg
Bez róż

On
Zjawia się nagle kiedy znikasz ty
I na kolanach zbiera chore łzy
Po których ty
Wyszedłeś gdy
Wstał świt

Już
Nie przychodź sam lecz tylko razem z nim
Całujcie stopy i pokażcie mi
Gdzie pulsu kres

I miłość co
Bez łez

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Renata Przemyk’s song “Nie ty to ktoś” speak about a complicated relationship between two people, where the singer is being physically and emotionally manipulated by their partner. The first verse describes how the partner silences the singer’s pain, and laughs when she says no, believing that they know better. The singer resigns herself, saying “It’s not me, but someone else,” suggesting that she has lost herself in the relationship and can no longer assert her own identity.

However, as the second verse begins, the singer begins to express her own anger and frustration. She realizes that her partner is using her, as evidenced by his touch, which she describes as “wet” and violent. He also speaks empty words, as “paltry as notes”, which she rejects as she plunges into despair. In the chorus, the singer acknowledges that her partner can be replaced by someone else, someone better, and wishes to be freed of him.

The bridge of the song introduces a third person, “he”, who appears when her partner has left her in tears. The singer pleads with her partner to bring “him” with him next time he visits her, so that they can repair the damage done. She wants them both to show her where the “pulse of the border” is, presumably meaning where the line between their love and pain is drawn.

Line by Line Meaning

Ty wilgotną dłonią bijesz każdy jęk
You silence every moan with a damp hand

A śmiejesz się jeżeli mówię nie
And you laugh when I say no

Zakładasz że
You assume that

Nie ja to ktoś
It's not me, it's someone else

Ja wiem
But I know it's you

Żart
The joke

Się kończy gdy dotykasz moich ud
Ends when you touch my thighs

I pieścisz słowa wykłamane z nut
And caress words recited from notes

Po których ja
After which I

Zrzucam co mam
Drop everything I have

Do dna
To the bottom