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.
02-Zanim Zrozumiesz
Varius Manx Lyrics
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to byl ostatni raz
zanim dzien sploszy
srebrnego ptaka nocy
rozkolysz rozkolysz rozkolysz
jeszcze raz
Zanim ukradniesz jej
zanim gdy na chwile
zamknie oczy - znikniesz
zabierz jej zabierz jej zabierz
z reki nóz
Ona ma sile
nie wiesz jak wielka
bedzie spadac dlugo
potem wstanie lekko
tak lekko...
Zanim zrozumiesz
jak bardzo kochales ja
zanim pobiegniesz kupic
czerwone wino
ona zapomni juz
swiat twych rak
Zanim bedziesz próbowal
odkupic ja za slowa
zobaczysz jak
na drugim brzegu rzeki
spokojnie spokojnie spokojnie
stoi z nim
Ona ma sile
nie wiesz jak wielka
umierala dlugo
teraz rodzi sie lekko
...nie dla ciebie...
The song 'Zanim Zrozumiesz' by Varius Manx is a beautiful but heartbreaking song about a woman who has been betrayed by her partner. The lyrics describe the moment before the man tells her that he is leaving her for good. The singer tells him to hesitate before he says those words, because she still has a little bit of hope left. The line "rozkolysz rozkolysz rozkolysz jeszcze raz" can be interpreted as the singer trying to sway the man to stay with her for just a bit longer, as she is not ready to let him go.
The next part of the song describes the moment when the man steals the last bit of color from her dreams, and disappears from her life. The singer warns the man to take the knife from her hand, as she is strong enough to use it against herself. The line "Ona ma sile nie wiesz jak wielka" is particularly poignant as it means "She has strength, you don't know how great". The woman is not weak, but she has been shattered by the betrayal of her partner.
The chorus of the song "Zanim Zrozumiesz" is hauntingly beautiful, and talks about how the man will realize how much he loved her only once she is gone. The woman will forget about him and move on with her life, while he will try to win her back with words, but it will be too late. The line "Ona ma sile, nie dla Ciebie" means "She has strength, but not for you", meaning that she will not allow him to hurt her again.
Overall, Varius Manx's "Zanim Zrozumiesz" is a beautiful song with deep, emotional lyrics. It speaks to anyone who has ever been betrayed or hurt by someone they loved.
Line by Line Meaning
Zanim powiesz jej, ze to byl ostatni raz
Before you tell her that it was the last time
zanim dzien sploszy srebrnego ptaka nocy
before the day will tame the silver bird of night
rozkolysz rozkolysz rozkolysz jeszcze raz
you will rock, you will rock, you will rock once more
Zanim ukradniesz jej ostatni kolor ze snów
Before you steal the last color from her dreams
zanim gdy na chwile zamknie oczy - znikniesz
before, when she briefly closes her eyes - you will disappear
zabierz jej zabierz jej zabierz z reki nóż
Take away from her, take away from her, take the knife from her hand
Ona ma sile nie wiesz jak wielka
She has strength, you don't know how great
bedzie spadac dlugo potem wstanie lekko tak lekko...
she will fall for a long time and then rise lightly, so lightly...
Zanim zrozumiesz jak bardzo kochales ja
Before you understand how much you loved her
zanim pobiegniesz kupić czerwone wino
before you run to buy red wine
ona zapomni już swiat twych rak
She will forget the world of your hands already
Zanim bedziesz próbował odkupic ja za slowa
Before you try to buy her back with words
zobaczysz jak na drugim brzegu rzeki spokojnie spokojnie spokojnie stoi z nim
You will see how calmly calmly calmly she stands with him on the other side of the river.
Ona ma sile nie wiesz jak wielka
She has strength, you don't know how great
umierala dlugo teraz rodzi sie lekko ...nie dla ciebie...
she died for a long time, now she is born lightly... not for you...
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANITA LIPNICKA, ROBERT JANSON
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