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.
Oxygen
Various Artists Lyrics
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اگه به یادشی وقتی پیشت نیست و ازش دوری
من میرم پیشش بمون شعراتُ واسَش بخون
برو نبینمت
قُفلم به خطای رو دست
نباید بره اخمات توو هم
لحظه هارو ورَق زدیم ما
رفتارات سرد شده واسَم
فازای منفی قاتی حرفات هست
سنگین نباش می شناسمت
موندم پیشِت که پلکات نره
از واستادن تا شب و خطی چشا
رنگی نگا آروم میشه صدات
فریاد وگوش کن از دور میاد
لبخند زیاد و غمگین کیان
بغض / بسته شد دستام روی تخت
پارچه روی سر قفلای روی در
قلبت بهم نزدیک ترینه
صدام و شنید یا اصلاً ندیده
یاد گرفته واضح نبینه
فریاد و شنید ولی از روش پریده
فردا رو ببین از دور میاد
میگه فقط از تو لبخند میخواد
آماده شو واسه روزای بهتر
حرفای بیشتر همَشون میاد
پشیمونم تمومِ عمرمُ مَست بودم
حتی توو خوابم با تو بودم
تو بِهم یاد دادی زندگی یه بازیه
تموم شهر می بینیم حتی نور شبو
دست لای سوزِ سرد
من عین دودشم همه حرفا تلخه
لای حرفام گمِ همه حرفا
شدی یه آدمِ دپرسِ تنها
گوشِتم پره حتی عَ دردا
آروم و ساکت شبا با ابرا
دورِ هم / نوره کم
حتی اگه باشه وقت واسه من
پای هم مال بعد
داستان رسید به آخرِ خط
دورِ هم بودیم معنی داشت انگار
اُمید دادم و خندیدی هر بار
نشین یه گوشه آماده ی فردا
نذا بگذره وقتِ غزلا
یه وقتایی حرفایی زدم آروم شَم
ولی داغون تو هم با اون
زیرِ بارون راه میری
The song "Oxygen" by Various Artists explores the themes of love and loss through powerful and emotive lyrics. The song begins with the singer expressing his longing for an absent lover, declaring that he will go to her and recite poetry, but that he must avoid seeing her. The singer then reflects on the moments shared with this lover, recognizing that negative behavior and words have cooled their relationship. However, the singer still feels connected to the woman and longs for her to hear his voice.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes more introspective, expressing regret for past mistakes and acknowledging that life is a game that he has now lost. The city, once vibrant and full of light, is now seen through the lens of grief and pain. The singer is now alone, and even the rain seems to offer no comfort. Yet even in this dark place, the singer remains hopeful, encouraging listeners to be ready for a better tomorrow and reminding them that time will pass.
Line by Line Meaning
اگه الان با اون خوبی اگه از فکرم دوری
If you are not with me right now as you used to be, if you are absent from my mind
اگه به یادشی وقتی پیشت نیست و ازش دوری
If you remember our times together, when you are not around
من میرم پیشش بمون شعراتُ واسَش بخون
I will go to you and recite poems for you to stay
برو نبینمت
Go away, I don't want to see you
قُفلم به خطای رو دست
My mistake is locked in my hands
نباید بره اخمات توو هم
You shouldn't hold onto your grudges
لحظه هارو ورَق زدیم ما
We flipped through moments
کلِ شهر و به هم زدیم باز
We messed up the whole city again
رفتارات سرد شده واسَم
Your behavior has become cold to me
فازای منفی قاتی حرفات هست
Your negative vibes show in your words
سنگین نباش می شناسمت
Don't be heavy, I know you
موندم پیشِت که پلکات نره
I stayed with you until your eyelashes stopped moving
از واستادن تا شب و خطی چشا
From standing until nightfall and a flicker in your eyes
رنگی نگا آروم میشه صدات
Your gentle tone soothes my gaze
فریاد وگوش کن از دور میاد
Listen to the distant cries
لبخند زیاد و غمگین کیان
Too many smiles and sad hearts
بغض / بسته شد دستام روی تخت
Tears choked me, I locked my hands on the bed
پارچه روی سر قفلای روی در
Fabric on my head, locks on the door
قلبت بهم نزدیک ترینه
Your heart is closest to me
صدام و شنید یا اصلاً ندیده
Did you hear me or not see me at all
یاد گرفته واضح نبینه
You learned not to see clearly
فریاد و شنید ولی از روش پریده
You heard the cries but ran away from them
فردا رو ببین از دور میاد
The future is coming from afar
میگه فقط از تو لبخند میخواد
It says, it only wants a smile from you
آماده شو واسه روزای بهتر
Get ready for better days
حرفای بیشتر همَشون میاد
More words are coming out
پشیمونم تمومِ عمرمُ مَست بودم
I regret it, my whole life I was drunk
حتی توو خوابم با تو بودم
Even in my dreams, I was with you
تو بِهم یاد دادی زندگی یه بازیه
You taught me that life is a game
تموم شهر می بینیم حتی نور شبو
We see the whole city, even the night light
دست لای سوزِ سرد
Hands burned by the cold
من عین دودشم همه حرفا تلخه
I am like smoke, all my words are bitter
لای حرفام گمِ همه حرفا
All my words are lost in my own words
شدی یه آدمِ دپرسِ تنها
You became a depressed and lonely person
گوشِتم پره حتی عَ دردا
I am full, even of pain
آروم و ساکت شبا با ابرا
I am calm and silent at night with clouds
دورِ هم / نوره کم
Apart, the light is dim
حتی اگه باشه وقت واسه من
Even if there is time for me
پای هم مال بعد
Our fate is for later
داستان رسید به آخرِ خط
The story has reached the end of the line
دورِ هم بودیم معنی داشت انگار
When we were together, it seemed to have meaning
اُمید دادم و خندیدی هر بار
I gave hope and you smiled every time
نشین یه گوشه آماده ی فردا
Sit in a corner, ready for tomorrow
نذا بگذره وقتِ غزلا
Let the time of poetry pass by
Writer(s): Stephen Lee Klein, ian R. Grushka, Chad Everett Gilbert, Jordan I. Pundik, Cyrus William Bolooki
Contributed by Caroline G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.