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The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.

Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.

Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.

Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.

Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.

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Various Artists Lyrics

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I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended too soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

The moment that I saw you cry

It was late in september
And I've seen you before (and you were)
You were always the cold one
But i was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring at a dark gray sky
I was changed

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

I wanted to hold you
i wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything, all right...

I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one would find...

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized

That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

Overall Meaning

This song is about a life-changing moment where the singer has a realization about the person they are talking to. The first verse starts with memories of a late afternoon where time seemed to have stopped and the moment was gone too soon. The second verse takes place in September, where the singer sees the person again, and the realizations come flooding back. They note that this person has always been distant and stoic, but the singer was never quite sure why. The moment the person starts to cry, the singer realizes that forever is in their eyes.

The chorus repeats the idea that there are places within us where nobody can find our deepest feelings. As soon as the singer sees their love interest cry, they want to help them, and make everything okay. They wish to hold them close and help them through whatever is bothering them. The singer ends with reminiscing about that late afternoon and the realization that love was staring them in the face.

Line by Line Meaning

I'll always remember
The memory will last eternally

It was late afternoon
The time of day was later in the day

It lasted forever
The experience seemed to have an indefinite duration

And ended too soon
Despite feeling lengthy, the encounter concluded abruptly

You were all by yourself
You were isolated, without company

Staring up at a dark gray sky
Gazing aimlessly up at a bleak sky

I was changed
As a result of the meeting, my state of being was transformed

In places no one would find
Internal emotions concealed from external observation

All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
Emotions were intensely suppressed, hidden even from oneself

It was then that I realized
Subsequent to this encounter, I recognized

That forever was in your eyes
The reflection of infinite time could be observed in your eyes