Varius Manx is a Polish band, formed in 1989 in Łódź, Poland. The original … Read Full Bio ↴Varius Manx is a Polish band, formed in 1989 in Łódź, Poland. The original line-up consisted of Robert Janson, brothers Michał Marciniak and Paweł Marciniak, Piotr Sobczak and Tomasz Ziułkiewicz. The name is a variation on the English word "various" plus Manx, a breed of domestic cat.

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.

Harfa
Varius Manx Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Jestem taka nieidealna
Taka jestem
Po kryjomu, gdy nie patrzysz
Przybliżam się do Ciebie
Do ust, do ust
Ustami do Twych ust

(Do góry nogami)

Chciałabym być niewidzialna
Kiedy jesteś
Tak przezroczyście przenikalna
Trzymałabym Cię za rękę
Byś mógł, byś mógł
Spokojnie zasnąć mógł
Byś mógł, byś mógł
Spokojnie zasnąć mógł

Do góry nogami
Uczepieni sufitu
Kolejowe tramwaje
Jak dłonie zasznurowane
Z harfami na plecach
Się pokochamy

Się pokochamy...

Już sama nie wiem, co chcę usłyszeć
I co powiedzieć
Gdybyś mógł przemieniać słowa w ciszę
Moglibyśmy pomilczeć
Bo znów, bo znów
Tak boję się tych słów
Bo znów, bo znów
Tak boję się tych słów

Do góry nogami
Uczepieni sufitu
Kolejowe tramwaje
Jak dłonie zasznurowane
Z harfami na plecach
Się pokochamy

Się pokochamy...
Się pokochamy...

Overall Meaning

The opening lyrics to Varius Manx's "Harfa" express the singer's flawed nature that makes her feel vulnerable when she is near the person she loves. She is not the perfect ideal that she wishes to be, and when she is alone with him, she draws closer and closer to him until she is on the brink of touching his lips with hers. The sensation of being "upside down" enhances the gravity of the moment and helps convey the urgency of the expression of love.

The following verse conveys a strong desire to become invisible when near him because he is "transparently penetrating." She yearns to hold his hand and soothe him until he falls peacefully asleep in her arms. The imagery of the upside-down couple clinging to the ceiling while making love, as railway trams and harps sway in the background, adds a fantastical dimension to this romantic desire.

Line by Line Meaning

Jestem taka nieidealna
I am imperfect

Taka jestem
That's the way I am

Po kryjomu, gdy nie patrzysz
Secretly, when you're not looking

Przybliżam się do Ciebie
I come close to you

Do ust, do ust
Lips to your lips

Ustami do Twych ust
With my lips to your lips

Chciałabym być niewidzialna
I wish I could be invisible

Kiedy jesteś
When you're around

Tak przezroczyście przenikalna
So transparently penetrating

Trzymałabym Cię za rękę
I would hold your hand

Byś mógł, byś mógł
So that you could